Xaander's account hackedFollow

Thanks Riawyn for the great post. I also have posted warnings in the General Forum and on the Dragoon Forum concerning this matter. I will not make a post here because yours is great.

We will miss Xaander a lot. And Zwikee we gonna find you pimp! You may as well quit the game also cause you not gonna have peace.

and you expect sympathy?

Sorry you lost your stuff but hopefully a valuable lesson learned to those involved and all those who read this topic (if the theft actually happened...no proof = no proof, if it turns out to be false then what? Someone's name was soiled for no reason)

Oh and for the ten thousandth time:

YOU CAN'T GET HACKED IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE YOUR ACCOUNT INFO. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HACKED IN FFXI.

Edited, Apr 2nd 2007 3:46pm by Gamion

They are able to say such things, because they do not have a solid grasp on the many programming and security flaws that plague FFXI. Whenever someone comments about hacking, and whether or not it is possible, it is safe to assume that when they say it can't happen that they do not have a clear grasp on the level of vulnerabilities in the game. A few moments spent over at BG and can see the extent of things that are able to happen in the game. One of their posters is able to place people's EX items into their bazaars. The same player had developed an exploit that could force people's clients to disconnect from the server. This past week, for fun, he hacked his way on to the atomos server. It is entirely possible to have your character altered by exploits without ever giving out your account information.

On a similar note, while in the case that is being discussed Xaander did at one point give out his account information, after having changed his password he should have been safe. Other players used to have access to my account, and I never had things stolen after I changed my password. Unfortunately, even if you never told someone your account information, you could still be vulnerable to keylogger trojans loaded on to your computer utilizing exploits in your web browsers when you hit websites that you might stumble upon while surfing. A random image link in a forum could load a trojan onto your PC without you ever knowing it.

Regardless as to whether Xaander's account was maliciously stolen by a former friend, or if he was the victim of a keylogger, I would like to say that for the years I did play the game, he was always a good friend to me. He was a kind player, with a good sense to him. I'll miss you bro. Good luck in whatever ventures you undertake.

Please read my post again. If they didn't give out their account info and they didn't use any 3rd party programs than the only other logical possibility is that as someone said before spyware with a keylogger.

What I mean is that you cannot be literally hacked in a sense that someone hacks into SE. Yes I know it's been done before. I've witnessed server-wide hack'age yet I still find it hard to believe that someone was able to get past SE securities and all they do it for is to steal virtual items from a character.