Toastyc12 Wrote:Do you have a Tivo account? All emails in Tivo's database was recently exploited and exposed, though I'm not sure if that would lead to getting hacked. That's actually a pretty extreme scenario.

Panacea Wrote:Okay, well, to put you at ease I just cleared any and all saved data that my browser had stored. I'm also installing Avast! to check for possible key loggers, just in case McAfee missed anything. I'll let you know the results.

ctblack Wrote:You mention keyloggers! Not sure you understand the concept of this current discussion of possible hacking via wireless data? Its got nothing to do with keyloggers and don't need a keylogger to get hacked. Since Nexon's web site login is not https, all data transmitted are in plain unencrypted text including your login ID and password over wireless frequency, so anyone that had legit access to the network just need to use a readily available wireless hacking tools to "read" all data from the network and then able to pick out what they want by using some type of filtering. As for person without legit access, they will need to use a encryption key mining tool which also readily available and then do the above.
Keylogger was another discussed possibility in this thread, maybe thats why it causes the confusion.

Panacea Wrote:I think I understand now. Would the outcome be the same if when I access the game I'm wired directly to the university server instead of wireless?

ctblack Wrote:Bottom line is when passing personal information on any non encrypted site is not safe. Always check the url to see if it is https or just plain http.

Panacea Wrote:The Maplestory website is the only place I enter my Maplestory info, if I for some reason decide not to go through Gamelauncher.

Toastyc12 Wrote:Maplestory website is not exactly secure. In the instance you were to use the site, what browser are you running when you do sign on?

iananderson Wrote:Sounds very similar to what happened to me about a month ago. I was training my UA and got off right before a server check happened. It ended an hour before I got on again and I noticed that my characters weren't wearing what I logged off with. I tried to log on to one of my characters and my PIC was changed. I went directly to my email and there was no notice of a change, so I changed my email password and reset my PIC.

When I finally got on everything that wasn't nailed down(untradable) was gone so it was clearly for pure profit. I checked through the FM and found mushroom shop with all my stuff. I monitored it for a while and now it seems that everything that wasn't sold on that mules shop is now in this guy's shop.

I hadn't downloaded anything for about a month before this happened unless it was school related, my userID was something I never shared and I never used the ID on any other sites. My password and PIC were not something easy like "password" "111111" and would have been impossible to guess. I scanned with multiple scanners and nothing was found with any of them.

knlbr Wrote:unless they decided to cover their tracks for some reason...

Locked Wrote:Why wouldn't you cover your tracks...

knlbr Wrote:is it worth the effort when you take a low level account stuff worth 200mish? xd

Locked Wrote:..Yes.
It isn't hard to delete 4 emails, that completely clean off your record and cause confusion like is currently happening.

Muppy Wrote:Ugh... Could it be that they really did get some info (lol nexonsecurity) but instead of going wild with them they're just taking it slow, in order to not raise too much suspicion?