I’ve been sitting on this article for a while now, and it seems like the best time as ever to put it forward. NCsoft is currently investigating heavy allegations of massive security holes in the master account system. As I’ve reported before, the number of stolen Guild Wars and Aion accounts has gone up dramatically in the past few months, which NC originally pointed towards a compromised fansite as the source of the theft.
Definitely the most serious, and frightening, of the allegations posted on Guild Wars Guru was that it doesn’t take any skill to hack an NCsoft master account. In fact, according to users, all it takes is spamming log in/log out, and eventually (through the process of happenstance and timing) you may find yourself logged into someone else’s account, able to change passwords, jot down personal details, and clean out accounts without ever being detected.
More after the break…
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