GameMX Wrote:Social Engineering
I think this is something often overlooked by a majority of people.
Gave someone your real name? Your parents name? Your birthday?
Congratulations, they now know a considerable amount of your account info just from that alone. If they can somehow piece together the remaining info (you being unlucky, or them simply outsmarting you) then you've made your account vulnerable. Of course, that's not to say that it's easy for anyone to steal your account with this information alone. It's possible if they can somehow milk the information from you in a discrete manner that you didn't even realize, but by no means information that just anyone can use efficiently.
Sometimes you just let something slip. You may not remember the time that you compromised your account, but the person who stole it sure does.
I'm secure with my accounts. I've only ever lost one online account in my entire life, and that was on Neopets back when I was pretty young and gullible. I was shocked at first, and felt I lost a lot of work, but it served as a very important lesson to me. Never trust anyone, never give out account sensitive information (sign up with aliases if you have to), and to always be cautious of what you're doing online. Since then, I've yet to lose any online related account.
If someone wants to use this exploit to hack me and prove me wrong, then I welcome you to do so. I invite you to take the challenge of simply getting into my account without knowing any information but my ign.
Show me this security exploit first hand. Make me bow my head in defeat and respect. Come now, prove me wrong, oh great hacker almighty. Great hacker of Maplestory accounts, teach me a lesson. Make it known to me that I cannot trust my own safety measures, for I will get hacked anyway. Open my eyes to the fact that I will always be at the mercy of some random stranger online, and must live the rest of my life in fear. Show me that I will not only lose my Maplestory account, but my bank account as well. Hack my paypal and steal all of my funds. Surely, a hacker of your caliber would have no problem doing such things.