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Phrourach
By now most active players in 133 are aware that Ango's account was hacked, along with a few other player's accounts on other worlds, by a well known player who has bragged about it both in game, along with sending very explicit mm's all over.
What is not known is the extent of this breach-- how far into these player's laptops and passwords this player's attacks went, or even how many players could be impacted by the time he is done. Threats were made that this would happen account by account, so we don't really know what data this hacker has gained. Within the last few years there have been multiple instances of people I've known who had much more than their grep account wiped by people like this. It's extended into their personal financial lives and caused a lot of damage.
While people joke about things in externals, this is not something to be taken lightly. Every single player on this server and in this game should be hoping that Inno is able to stop this type of hacker and eliminate the effects of their abuse. This exposes all of us not just to game consequences, but real life consequences as well.
I personally am angry at the responses in the sink or swim thread because those posters are selfish and short-sighted-- how can you not hope and even demand that Inno roll back the effects of such criminal behavior, with the impact it has on the integrity of the community and our lives? We have all these discussions about not wanting the game to die and how to improve the community. A start would be to stand up ourselves against criminal hacking, stop viewing these things as funny, eliminate these types of players from all chats and teams, and ask Inno to update their security protocols to make all of us safer. To give us a sense of security that if something this major happens-- Inno will make it right. (Unless of course the player exposed themselves by providing their passwords to buy one of the cheating products out there.)
This extends to all of us. If you say-- well, I like what it's done for me on this server-- you are supporting this behavior. None of us should ever hope to gain from acts such as this, and we should be shamed if we joyfully take advantage of it. The next could be you. We should all be appalled and demand better for Ango and for anyone involved in this type of attack.
If we as a community think this behavior is fine "as long as it benefits me and hurts someone else", then we are pushing its death. The community is not other people-- it is each and every voice among us.
What is not known is the extent of this breach-- how far into these player's laptops and passwords this player's attacks went, or even how many players could be impacted by the time he is done. Threats were made that this would happen account by account, so we don't really know what data this hacker has gained. Within the last few years there have been multiple instances of people I've known who had much more than their grep account wiped by people like this. It's extended into their personal financial lives and caused a lot of damage.
While people joke about things in externals, this is not something to be taken lightly. Every single player on this server and in this game should be hoping that Inno is able to stop this type of hacker and eliminate the effects of their abuse. This exposes all of us not just to game consequences, but real life consequences as well.
I personally am angry at the responses in the sink or swim thread because those posters are selfish and short-sighted-- how can you not hope and even demand that Inno roll back the effects of such criminal behavior, with the impact it has on the integrity of the community and our lives? We have all these discussions about not wanting the game to die and how to improve the community. A start would be to stand up ourselves against criminal hacking, stop viewing these things as funny, eliminate these types of players from all chats and teams, and ask Inno to update their security protocols to make all of us safer. To give us a sense of security that if something this major happens-- Inno will make it right. (Unless of course the player exposed themselves by providing their passwords to buy one of the cheating products out there.)
This extends to all of us. If you say-- well, I like what it's done for me on this server-- you are supporting this behavior. None of us should ever hope to gain from acts such as this, and we should be shamed if we joyfully take advantage of it. The next could be you. We should all be appalled and demand better for Ango and for anyone involved in this type of attack.
If we as a community think this behavior is fine "as long as it benefits me and hurts someone else", then we are pushing its death. The community is not other people-- it is each and every voice among us.
