Information Diablo III Accounts Hacked

I haven't dug deeper into it no, as I don't care about D3 one way or the other, although reading about its failures is an amusing past-time. However I'm not sure I'd take the word of PR-tinged, tech-challenged executives either.

 

That's also true, but mind that if they give straight-up info that turns out to be lies, there's a moderate chance of everyone involved in making the statement being held responsible for it. So I'm sort of in between opinions on this one, I'm pretty sure they've fucked up the security somehow, but not necessarily in the way it's been implied.

What also amuses me (and has amused me for ages now) is how vulnerable their system really is, and how much more vulnerable they seem to make it. Real ID? Paradise for hackers since they get your log-in and then it's just a matter of scamming you/using a number generator. Their verification systems have also been pretty miserable since hackers were able to successfully gain access to numbers in some way or another a few months ago.

 

Tip: Never hire interns to save money , even more so on security

 

Yeah, that's BNet 2.0, the passwords for D3, SC2 and WoW are not case-sensitive, with no attempt limits or IP checks.

 

Oh you. Nobody hires interns. They work for free.

 

Some receive money to study. But hiring doesn't mean getting paid, it means you probably signed a contract.

 

Oh no, this isn't a problem at all as long as you buy the authenticator! That'll protect you from all forms of brute-force hacking forever, and if you do get hacked it's your own fault for getting phished.

 

I like the game for what it is but ahahahaha at the forum posts defending the security holes.

 

They made a password system for the masses.

 

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Can I buy Crispy?

 

According to the thread they were hacked after using AH (which I don't know what it is), then after logging out and logging back the next morning they had a 'new friend' shown up on their list and it's always a lvl 1 char and every item and gold gone.

So probably the hackers are selling items trough this AH, they somehow can hack those who have bought from them (or worse hack anyone who used AH) so they later enter their accounts, add their lvl 1 char as a 'friend' and give everything to this char and log out.
Then they just need to log with their lvl 1 char and sell everything, get all the gold and sell for jewgolds here in the 'outside world'.

 

Fucking this.

 

It makes me cry inside to think about how fucking awesome a Diablo 1 style game could be like with modern technology. And no, Torchlight doesn't count, it's cartoony and shit.

While I like both D1 and D3, they're completely different games with only a few similarities.

 

16 characters is plenty enough to create an uncrackable password. Mine is of that lenght, and they allow special characters so this adds to the complexity. EA has the same character lenght limit for passwords, however they do not allow special characters.

If a firm character limit has already been set in place in a database, it's most of the times painful to change it. It's why among others password limits for online banking services are so short and restraining.

 

So, this piece of crap is actually out. You have to log in to play this, and this is to prevent piracy.



Guess the 'pirates' showed them didn't they, they will now make their money another way by stealing characters' in game jew gold.

 

It's a never ending cycle of pure beauty.

 

Blizzard makes DRM game to prevent theft of game.

Pirates then steal accounts instead of game code to make profits off of not caring about DRM.

Sheeple gamers get fucked in the end.

I continue to play Planescape: Torment.

Life is good.