2010-01-27, 09:05 PM
Kawasari Mimoto Wrote:I recall someone saying they changed their pass a couple days 'ago' before their hacking. Hard to say though. Personally, I changed my password last week, but I am fine for now. I don't know when I'll get hacked, but I think it might be inevitable. Most you can do is 'attempt' by changing passwords every couple of days. I have an account with a high levelled Bishop, but since I don't use her much, I stripped her clean, so that's the only account I'm not too worried about.
Im still going with my theory that they got their hands on some old infos somehow. Thing is, just because there's this hacking pandemic going on, it doesnt mean that ALL the accounts getting hacked are because of the pandemic. You have to remember that before this hacking craze, people still got hacked, though through sharing of information, keylogging, etc.
The trend I've noticed in those Q&A threads is that almost all except 2-3 people who have gotten hacked have not changed their info within the last few months. Also consider this: While I do not think that I know how these hackers think, with the number of account infos they have, if even the pin is changed, they'd probably just move on. Sure, they can bypass your pin by manually bruteforcing it or something, but in that amount of time, they could probably have gone through another bunch of accounts. I'll say this, and if comes back to bite me in the ass, sure, but I feel safe with all my pins changed. For myself, I feel comfortable with that level of security, and I go with that.
In the end, its all a matter of self-comfort. Worrying about it isnt going to decrease or increase your chance of getting hacked, and considering how many accounts exist, the odds of getting hacked are somewhat low (though some people here have obviously proved me wrong). If changing your password makes you feel safe, go for it. If changing your pin makes you feel safe, by all means, do it. If moving all your equips off into a newly created account makes you feel safe, then do that.
In the end, everything that's said here about how people are getting hacked is hypothesized. There's no proof of anything, and anything can be proven wrong at any moment. Till you know how it truly works, you have no way of 100% preventing it (and even if you know it, you STILL might not be able to 100% prevent it). Just take a look at what's been happening, analyze it, and try to safeguard against it. There's really not much else you can do.