New in game MOTD about changing password due to "recent events" ?


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So I just now logged into the game to see the new MOTD stating to change your password given recent events. What recent events? Was NCSoft hacked? It didn't give much detail.


 

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You mean:

Quote:
Protect your Personal Information! Given recent events, we'd like to take a moment to remind you to safeguard your personal information online. Never use the same password for different services (e.g. games, e-mail accounts, websites, etc), and make sure to change your passwords regularly.

If you use a similar (or the same) password for many different websites/e-mail accounts/games, we strongly recommend you change these passwords in order to minimize any risk as much as possible.

Thank you for your time, and make sure to stay safe online!

The Paragon Studios Community Team
I believe this is in reference to Blizzard getting hacked very recently, and the message is recommending that users SHOULD be utilizing some basic precautionary measures in password security (a futile attempt, I'm afraid), and that in light of the recent hacking of Blizzard, if you use the same password there as you do everywhere else, you should SERIOUSLY consider changing your password here and everywhere else.

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I agree that he MOTD could have been a little more informative about what "recent events" it is talking about however... almost makes it sound like our dev team or NCsoft were hacked.


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There's also the story from Wired writer Mat Honan which is making the rounds. He made a few mistakes as someone who should know better and lost control of various accounts and even lost irreplaceable pictures of his kids off his computer.


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