Square-Enix hacked

[Jericho]

You think Valve learned their lesson? Quick! Someone check and see if HL3 is there...

(again, joking, I do not in any way condone hacking websites. Rooting electronics on the other hand...)

Seriously. You pay for your phone. You don't rent it or borrow it, you buy it. It's yours. And all its features should be yours.

But I also hate breaking the rules. *sigh*. I'll never be happy.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

For the finger print scanners, are you talking more like Digital Persona?

I think I've been a little too serious in this thread.

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

Hopefully the hackers made some improvements while they were in there.

Funniest comment ever.

/thread

[Antipika]

Why people are talking about security tokens in this thread is beyond me. If you hacked into the server, your dongle is as useless as a slang dongle..

And how?

The Square Enix Account management system is completely different from the Square Enix MEMBERS site.

Now even if the Square Enix Account management system was hacked, off course token would be useless, but all the damn Square Enix services would be suspended anyway, so it's not like you would be even able to log on in the first place.

Customers are in a better stance if EVERYONE is "compromised", because SE would simply fix the hole, re-issue a password to everyone (or have them confirm their ID by contacting the Support Center or w/e), rollback characters data if character data were affected. And beside service suspension for couple of days (weeks at worse), there wouldn't be much damage to individuals.

Payment information, passwords, and such are (supposed) to be encrypted.

My company actually has a finger print scanner lol, so they're made, I don't think they're for retail use yet though.

Biometry been used for a while, even for the average end-user. Fingerprint reader have been implemented on laptops, USB drives or available as external devices for over 10 years. And it never was expensive for the most basic ones ($40-50).

[WilyKat]

Headline 2013,

"Square-Enix first game company to demand DNA testing for account restoration"

[Atoli]

Lolwut, how did we get from a single article about a hacked server to fingerprint scanners and DNA testing?xD

This thread just went overboard..about two pages ago.

[Jennestia]

Lolwut, how did we get from a single article about a hacked server to fingerprint scanners and DNA testing?xD

This thread just went overboard..about two pages ago.

Still first page for me, but scanners are related as it's a security system for PC data as well ;p

[Xeonerable]

Hacked? I always picture this comic now everytime I hear some company got hacked.
(just swap out "sony" with any other said company)

[Antipika]

Sony was the worse because email/password combination weren't encrypted and stored in plain text... Credit cards info weren't luckily.

[viion]

Now even if the Square Enix Account management system was hacked, off course token would be useless, but all the damn Square Enix services would be suspended anyway, so it's not like you would be even able to log on in the first place.

If they catch it in time, which is unlikely. It would surprise you how long hackers stay on systems before they get shut-out.