Rift players will want to check their email for notification from Trion Worlds that the data servers have been compromised.

The database in question contained information including user names, encrypted passwords, dates of birth, email addresses, billing addresses, and the first and last four digits and expiration dates of customer credit cards.

There is no evidence, and we have no reason to believe, that full credit card information was accessed or compromised in any way. We have already taken further action to strengthen our systems, even as we, with external security experts, continue to research the extent of the unauthorized access.

Players will have to change passwords and reattach any authenticator that they may be using. Unfortunately, at the time of this writing the Trion/Rift site is down so accomplishing that task is not possible.

Read the full notice on the Trion site.

SWTOR fans are attacking the compitition directly now.

I can log in just fine. no issues here password already changed

Truly a shame. Trion works harder than any dev team ive had experience with. Hope it gets sorted out soon.

wow, first Sony and now Trion.

im so sick of reading about all these gaming companies getting attacked and pillaged by hackers. hackers are so damn annoying!!  we need to elect g.w.bush again so he can declare war on hackers lol

Originally posted by nomss

wow, first Sony and now Trion.

Lets not forget Steam as well. It truly is a shame.

I went ahead and changed my password and installed their Mobile Authenticator on my tablet.

Originally posted by Amarok44

Forget about the hackers being annoying, it's about time these bloody companies started treating the security of my data seriously.

Hackers downed US Militaries drones in Iran. Trust me if they want in they are going to get in. Just a risk of being on the interwebz

Originally posted by Puremallace

Originally posted by Amarok44







Forget about the hackers being annoying, it's about time these bloody companies started treating the security of my data seriously.

Hackers downed US Militaries drones in Iran. Trust me if they want in they are going to get in. Just a risk of being on the interwebz

 

Serious security design flaws and poor security practices have been pointed out by various agencies for years in relation to the various unmanned drones. (lulz at how the virus got into the drone command and control computers)

However, the main issue is that many institutions (especially video game companies) deal with security issues as an afterthought. They are rather easy targets, by design or lack of, and hold a lot of valuable data which is why there has been such a high number of significant attacks.

It is the same issue with game integrity (game hacks, bots, DRM, leaked full games, and such). Security on nearly all  levels just hasn't been considered much a concern by the video game industry. That will change and has been slowly changing. The high profile hacking has just been highlighting a systemic problem that exists nearly everywhere where security isn't "critical".

Is anyone surprised? It's not like this is the first time Trion's security has been shown to be a bad joke.

Well This is surprising. Never expected TRION to get hit like that.  I guess even the most perfect, scrupulous and careful mmo companies are not safe :[

Hopefully it does njot have any lasting damage to them.

Like others have already said, if a hacker wants in, they're gonna get in....its expected!  Who knows, maybe all these hacks are just attempts at forcing companies to better secure their networks!

Overall, all I see is a free 3 days for changing my password....and I was thinking about coming back soon and this will help me decide better being able to log into my account instead of a new trial.

I cancelled my account several months ago. I don't know why Trion needs to hold on to my credit card info.

Originally posted by Otakun

SWTOR fans are attacking the compitition directly now.

What competition? Rift is just a nice and small game with 2 factions of exactly the same classes. There's no competition nor attacking anything :)

Originally posted by Timukas

Originally posted by Otakun

SWTOR fans are attacking the compitition directly now.

What competition? Rift is just a nice and small game with 2 factions of exactly the same classes. There's no competition nor attacking anything :)

I seriously thought it was TOR fans myself. That is where the money went that Bioware had. They paid off Anonymous!

/tinfoilhat

Originally posted by Yuui

Well This is surprising. Never expected TRION to get hit like that.  I guess even the most perfect, scrupulous and careful mmo companies are not safe :[

 

Hopefully it does njot have any lasting damage to them.

This was sarcasm I assume, right?

How could it be surprising, not Trion's first issue.  

 People forget Steam has been hacked too.  its not just moral reasons people get hacked.  They only announce it when its a moral issue.

Originally posted by Khrymson

 

Like others have already said, if a hacker wants in, they're gonna get in....its expected!  Who knows, maybe all these hacks are just attempts at forcing companies to better secure their networks!

 

Overall, all I see is a free 3 days for changing my password....and I was thinking about coming back soon and this will help me decide better being able to log into my account instead of a new trial.

  ^This^

  It's why, although you'll rarely hear about it publically....governments all over are actively trying to recruit these guys.  It's the nature of the beast.  The hackers are alwaysw one step ahead of ANY security, and companies/governments try to play catch up.

If you're information is on the Internet, you can be compromised. It all determines whether your information is valuable enough. You can't hide your information on the Internet, because the government also has your info in their databanks. It's just common nowadays to have your info floating throughout Internet and being picked up and glossed over, then tossed back into the pile by hackers.