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After 7 years of this game

I've finally been hacked. I hear stories and know plenty of people/friends that have been hacked of their equips, but for some reason I never thought it would happen to me.

I don't download random things that could potentially contain keyloggers, and I'm very safe in how I go about surfing the internet, and protecting my account. No one knows my account info except my sister, so I couldn't have been hacked by friends. I also found the majority of my items (all but my Spectrum Goggles) in the Free Market being sold by a mule.

[url=http://i.imgur.com/1S5VT.jpg]VSS, PAC, Overall, Staff, Earrings[/url]
[url=http://i.imgur.com/FAx47.png]My rat mouth.[/url]

Just felt like sharing this with basil I guess. After 7 years of playing and being loyal to Nexon, I never thought for one second that I'd be hacked. Guess I was wrong.

Maybe this is a sign I should quit, idk. About 8 bil worth of equips are gone.

October 21, 2012

22 Comments • Newest first

kurandox99

@Glory: No, the email I use is specific to this Maplestory account. I never use it with anything else.

@underpaying: I guess that's a possiblity. Idk.

Reply October 21, 2012
marilanna

I'm going to place my bets on this being a database leak - update your account info at least once a month to minimize the possibility of this

@dingding you can't get hacked from visiting a hacked mushie shop... it doesn't even make sense logically. Enter shop, and somehow they get your account info? How do you even program that

Reply October 21, 2012
Valkyriess

Everyone blames the sister >.<

Reply October 21, 2012
Glory

@kurandox99: By the way, your ms account email is common use or ms only? do you have your ms account linked with fb? do you use your ms id or email in any ms related website?

Reply October 21, 2012
kurandox99

@Glory: Nah, my sister is 22 right now. She wouldn't do that.
And yeah, I don't know at all why my account was hacked. I never show off my equips either.

Reply October 21, 2012
SwiggleBlade

It's a sign.. Run.. RUN FAR AWAY AND DON'T LOOK BACK!

Reply October 21, 2012
Glory

@kurandox99: I see but even so, she was younger and probably vulnerable back then. To be honest, there are many more ways than people think to compromise your account. On the other hand, not everyone on the internet is after ms accounts so whoever stole it must be from something ms related.
Nexon have many flaws but dont believe well thought passwords are easy to crack. Many people lost their id in a mts incident some time ago and i know many playing normally to this day.

Reply October 21, 2012
klydekiss

Man... That sucks. I believe you when you say it wasn't your fault. I was hacked too I thought I had a pretty strong pass. Luckily a week after I was hacked. Nexon started the compensation thing. Send a detailed ticket. You wont get your items back but they will give what they feel will help. For me it was 200k In NX. They will compensate you, how much they give you varies.

Reply October 21, 2012
kurandox99

@dingding: I don't remember visiting them, but if I did I don't think that could've been related to me getting hacked, but who knows

Reply October 21, 2012
dingding

[quote=kurandox99]@dingding: yeah we did. I remember you[/quote]

did you visit one of those shops? i got so paranoid after i clicked it.

Reply October 21, 2012
dingding

OMG didn't we kenta together with meka and mary before. recently, there have been hackers that are able to make fm shops directly on top of portals in broa. can your account be in danger if you visit one of them?

Reply October 21, 2012
kurandox99

@EatNow: Item locks for mesos? If only those had come sooner

Reply October 21, 2012
EatNow

If you do decide to come back, come back when the item locks are sold for mesos.
You will just be risking your equipment again if you make a comeback earlier.

I personally saw my brother's Acc get hacked in front of my eyes and it was a guy from the guild "millionaires" and alliance name "Hackers".
There is something going on with our security and I don't like it one bit. They got his email and it was downhill from there. Protect your email!

Reply October 21, 2012
kurandox99

@Igneel: She doesn't have a boyfriend right now lmao. It's definitely not my sister anyways.

@Iwantodrawnowhu: I'm not crazy on funding myself, only started recently. I was casual up until big bang.

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited
kurandox99

@Glory: Well, she knows my account info, but she doesn't go on it, nor play maplestory anymore. She quit 2 years ago.

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited
Iwantodrawnowhu

7 years and only 8b worth of equips?

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited
Glory

[quote=kurandox99]No one knows my account info [b]except my sister...[/b][/quote]
Although shes your sister, you dont know what website does she visit or where has she logged you from...
This is why you shouldnt share your account with anyone, including a sibling, because you might be very careful but someone else might not.

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited
EatNow

Two more months and we get item locks that can be bought with mesos.
I just need to last that long..

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited
ameer17

and 95% of basil will still say its your fault

Reply October 21, 2012 - edited