I got hacked for the first time in Final Fantasy XIV

[Nyxs]

There is tons of these topics made about this and even the Lodestone warns about clicking links. Use your brain people.

[Greyhawk]

There is tons of these topics made about this and even the Lodestone warns about clicking links. Use your brain people.

This.

It amazes me that people still fall for things like this, and don't already have a security token in place on their account. With all the years that this has been happening in games, and suckers still get licked. If you would take the time to slow down and actually look at links those idiots send in /tell, you would see they are not any official forum or website. No, the token will not always save you, but it sure does slow things down. I don't even use my common e-mail account for gaming, I have another one set up completely different, and nothing ever gets sent from it so all I do with it is receive e-mail only related to my games. It's like banking - put a buffer between you and the endpoint, I only use a credit card for purchases and nothing is connected to my bank account so I don't have a similar issue.

It's the world we live in now - get used to someone trying to take your shit, because they will in a heartbeat if they can. Be vigilant in the security of your accounts, no matter what they are. Use complex passwords, security fobs or tokens, use a PIN on your phone (not facial recog or finger swipes - legal reasons for this, look it up), change your passwords regularly, monitor your account activity (no matter what the account is).

And OP - you didn't get 'hacked', you gave your account information. There is a difference here. Glad you saved your account.

[Darkstride]

Never. Never never. Never never never click a link provided in-game. Especially from a stranger. To me, it's the equivalent of scammers pretending to be the IRS and asking for payment with i-Tunes gift cards. Whyyyyy would anyone think it was legitimate?

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

This.

It amazes me that people still fall for things like this, and don't already have a security token in place on their account.

For a clarification, while adding a security token to an account is always a good idea, it does nothing to help guard against this phishing scam, since part of the webpage asks you to put it in along with your username & password. Meaning anyone who falls for it will be giving them the 2fa anyway. The only way for someone to not get phished by this scam is to not blindly put your log-in details without doing reconnaissance on the site & its URL to verify its the official site.

That's why you see so many people falling for this particular one - there is no defense against it besides the person's own internet awareness, and far too many are lazy about their internet safety habits until they get phished and its too late.

[Roojie]

Honestly, for me. It's 6am, I'm tired and wanted to see what was what. Pfffffft oops.

Realized what I'd done and moved faster than they did.

This time. =_=;

Keeps me humble I guess. I know how to not get ripped off by a car dealer, a house seller, a random old lady in the market and telemarketers but sometimes I forget to look for a - at the end of a link or a string of numbers and letters in odd places. Especially if I've never seen the site before.

In all the years I've played this game this is the first time I've ever actually looked at the forums. Spooky.

Live, learn and remember everyone is out to get you I guess. >:P

[HeyMcFly]

A june starwind from adamantoise hacked one of my FC members who also took out all of the FC gil from our chest- I screened it as proof
We have yet to get our gil back
Glad to see you got your account back with your stuff though

[Prrringles]

The real lesson here is: ALWAYS use two-factor authentication. Just a password isn't enough anymore. So, just get that security token and use it. Also don't open rando links on your main computer. I use my macbook for opening trassh links and other "shady" websites. Never had any problems.

EDIT: Glad you didn't lose any stuff.

EDIT#2: inb4 "2fa is useless against this scam". Sorry but if you type in your security code anywhere else but the launcher/official website you're beyond salvation. No amount of warning/protection can save anyone from being that ignorant.

[Arazehl]

A june starwind from adamantoise hacked one of my FC members who also took out all of the FC gil from our chest- I screened it as proof
We have yet to get our gil back
Glad to see you got your account back with your stuff though

Just so you know, this person your mentioning was another phished account. So this June really didn't "hack" your friends account, they were a victim just like your friend and the RMT schemers will do their dirty work from a phished account. Be careful giving names in the forums. Naming and shaming isn't allow. If your friend is just an officer and had access to the FC gil then SE takes the stance that only the leader of the FC should have sole charge of the FC's gil. So unfortunately if that is the case they won't see the return of any FC gil taken. Your friends personal gil they will return with a character rollback if your friend reported the account being compromised. Hope it works out for you friend.

[Johners]

This isn't even hacking, it's phishing. Being pedantic about what you call it, check the links being sent to in-game and actually use two-factor authentication on your accounts.

[Seger]

Its 2022 and some people are still not using 2FA for their stuff.