tracking down the hacker

[King don]

If your account got hacked please send me your player name through private message

[Cleopatra]

In the whole history of FT no one has gotten their account "HACKED" ^_~
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[King don]

A lot of players Been telling me they got hacked

[DwarfTank]

In the whole history of FT no one has gotten their account "HACKED" ^_~
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Actually my account did indeed get hacked, my password was never shared with any player. Fortunately I was able to recover my account.

[XnateX]

Cleo I was the first person to have a thing like this happen I tried to log in one day and it said (password incorrect) still haven't gotten my account back but I have worked up a new one stronger than the old one

[Cleopatra]

Many players have gotten there CRACKED not HACKED...there is a difference ^_~

[Gandalf]

to clarify: almost none got cracked. but many shared the password. in a sort, it is cracking by social engineering. but i would call it "not clever" instead

[Asmodeous]

All rough definitions.

HACKING

use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.
"they hacked into a bank's computer"
gain unauthorized access to (data in a computer).
"hacking private information from computers"

CRACKING
The process of attempting to guess or crack passwords to gain access to a computer system or network. Crackers will generally use a variety of tools, scripts, or software to crack a system password. The goal of the cracker is to ideally obtain the password for root (UNIX) or system and administrator (Windows, NT). Password cracks work by comparing every encrypted dictionary word against the entries in system password file until a match is found.

SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Social engineering is a non-technical method of intrusion hackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedures. It is one of the greatest threats that organizations today encounter.