Just Saw One My FC Members Shouting RMT... AKA Hacked...

[OrionInerghem]

Guys get your tokens up!!

This situation is out of control and very sad, I immediately removed him from our FC before our chest could be emptied and I have Gil controls.. but wow...


Just a very sad situation.

[Shneibel]

SE give the security apps for free you know, also while at it, you can begin to tell your ppl to get that one time password

[Mhyrria]

He prolly bought gil or went to those hack this game site.

[Aldora]

SE give the security apps for free you know, also while at it, you can begin to tell your ppl to get that one time password

Trust me, I do not want sound like a jerk for saying this, but the security token was included in the Collectors Edition of the game (which was the major reason why I bought the CE edition) After my elder brothers WoW account was hacked, I never played WoW or FFXIV without a security token anymore.

Next to that, you can get the software security token for your smartphone in the app store. I can tell you that the software security token is free for android phones.

And finally, the token only costs about 10 bucks. Considering the increase of security, they are worth the money.

[Neri]

Trying to get the physical token, however my country is not in the list in SE's list so, can't get that. And about software token, I read the review there and there seems to be problem that the thing reset itself thus screwing some people. Saw the rating about the software token too... 5 stars vs 1 star ratio is like 3:1. So I don't really know whether I should use this or not...

[texhnolyze]

Trying to get the physical token, however my country is not in the list in SE's list so, can't get that. And about software token, I read the review there and there seems to be problem that the thing reset itself thus screwing some people. Saw the rating about the software token too... 5 stars vs 1 star ratio is like 3:1. So I don't really know whether I should use this or not...

i've been using Android OTP from the day it launched until now
works flawlessly

just test it, you can always uninstall it and remove your protecton anyway..

[blowfin]

He prolly bought gil or went to those hack this game site.

No, a lot of people are being compromised without doing anything dodgy. It seems password are just being brute forced or nicked from other sites. There are a few things:
- Don't use your SE account name anywhere else, like here for example
- Make sure your password is different from any other sites
- Get the security token. I've been a bit blase about it, but will be doing this first thing when I get home tonight.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Trust me, I do not want sound like a jerk for saying this, but the security token was included in the Collectors Edition of the game (which was the major reason why I bought the CE edition) After my elder brothers WoW account was hacked, I never played WoW or FFXIV without a security token anymore.

Next to that, you can get the software security token for your smartphone in the app store. I can tell you that the software security token is free for android phones.

And finally, the token only costs about 10 bucks. Considering the increase of security, they are worth the money.

I stilluse the one I bought back in XI for mog satchel and I also have the 1.0 CE and ARR CE token aswell should one die on me. :3

[OrionInerghem]

Oh I posted all over our Facebook and LS site don't worry, but I'm just saying for everyone because I know a lot of people aren't understanding, or taking serious how insidious these RMT are being for this game..

He was a 50 Legacy player, I don't think he did anything besides not get a token :/

[RyuujinZERO]

He prolly bought gil or went to those hack this game site.

This is a fallacy i see thrown about a lot. While it's certainly possible, the majority of hacking comes from people re-using passwords they use elsewhere on the net.

Say you're a member of CuteLittlePuppies.com (I dunno if that's a real site ) - and you use the same username and password there and you do on FF14. CuteLittlePuppies.com gets hacked, and all the user details stolen. Those details are then sold online to criminal groups.

Criminal groups then try a dictionary attack on the FF14 servers, testing out all the username/password combos from their bought dictionary - a small number of them end up yielding successful logins, and these become the hacked accounts. Most recent MMOs (notably GW2) have suffered the same problem, because the strategy seems to work.