My friend was hacked while logged in

[Genesiser]

With the way this game is going in terms of how seemingly easy it is to hack the game, it's only a matter of time before someone does some real damage and hacks their database to get peoples credit card info...

[Shirai]

With the way this game is going in terms of how seemingly easy it is to hack the game, it's only a matter of time before someone does some real damage and hacks their database to get peoples credit card info...

While this possibility can't be excluded it will be unlikely that they get this from any ingame data unless you are actually giving the number out in a chat somewhere.
So far all the hacks and hijacks have been done through manipulation of data directly connected to the game, all payment info is stored on completely different systems which can't be accessed by in-game means as far as I know.
Aside from that, most of the payment methods are being handled by third parties.

I'm not saying your data is 100% safe, it never is and it never will be as long as it is stored somewhere on the Internet. But it is unlikely that they will get access to that through your character.

[Kosmos992k]

While this possibility can't be excluded it will be unlikely that they get this from any ingame data unless you are actually giving the number out in a chat somewhere.
So far all the hacks and hijacks have been done through manipulation of data directly connected to the game, all payment info is stored on completely different systems which can't be accessed by in-game means as far as I know.
Aside from that, most of the payment methods are being handled by third parties.

I'm not saying your data is 100% safe, it never is and it never will be as long as it is stored somewhere on the Internet. But it is unlikely that they will get access to that through your character.

Card numbers are not stored, they are hashed. Unless of course you are utterly incompetent. Even then there are limits, almost all countries demand a certain level of protection on CC information now.

[Wildsprite]

With the way this game is going in terms of how seemingly easy it is to hack the game, it's only a matter of time before someone does some real damage and hacks their database to get peoples credit card info...

this is the biggest reason I try to convince anyone who has access to it to buy cards that can be converted to and use crysta such as ultimate game card that way no CC info is present