Quote Originally Posted by Sove92 View Post
So much for password hashes and 16-character passwords. Your password is secure only as long as the hashes are not in cracker hands.
That article was a journalistic experiment, not what happened to Sony. Security breeches happen, change your password... & move on. This is part the reason SE has designed restrictions on the items in the game. Like spirit bonding, no trade, etc... There's no incentive to hack an account where the hacker would be forced to register their licensed copy to the account, for gear they can't steal & is worth only a few gil at best.