What2doNexon

indeed, not sure if anyone remembers the duping method of CvP, but before it went public, people were paying HUMONGOUS loads for how it worked, those who knew stayed silent.

...until one spoke, and it started moving around, until the point the original guy (or one of them) decided to release it to the public to get it patched asap.

if the maplestory "hacker" mafia isn't together on something, they destroy what they have in common, has happened before, will happen again if someone did indeed not keep the 255 atk equips private.

not that it matters anymore though. they're all gone (hopefully)

Keeping the information secret is a lot easier than keeping the items contained. There's no benefit to a hacker telling people how to make a 300 stat item, but there is a benefit to one selling a created one, regardless of what his hacker buddies told him to do.