Is it possible to get Hacked just from knowing your IGN?

KYD · Post by **KYD** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:21 pm

I Keep getting random PM's
about getting hacked

i talked with some guy today
1st he asked for my MSN
2nd he told me to search after some Runescape hack at the internet

then when i started to curse him he said

wait few days you will see

its really starting to piss me off =.=

and its not the 1st time im getting some random "i will hack your account" PM's

so its possible to do it ? just from knowing your ingame name

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:22 pm

they need your login name

Unless it's the same as ur ign. then ur in trouble.

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:25 pm

even if they have your account name it's not easy. Noobs like to talk big. Tell them you've screen shotted it and are submitting it as a bug report... and do just that.

KYD · Post by **KYD** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:30 pm

Priam wrote:they need your login name

Unless it's the same as ur ign. then ur in trouble.

Good thing it isnt

im just asking about IGN

lets say its 1Love , so he cant do anything about that i hope =\

becase many people getting hacked :|

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:31 pm

Nah, ur IGN is useless to them if its not the same as ur login name.

uBeR · Post by **uBeR** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:38 pm

Well, everybody knows everyone else's ingame name already, right? You just have to go the city and look at everybody's ingame name. If that were true, nobody would be playing SRO anymore. What's needed to access an account is not the iingame name, but rather the login name. Make sure your ingame name is not the same as your login name. At any rate, even with your login name, they still need your password. If you password is not easy to guess, you account is very safe.

Luoma · Post by **Luoma** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:41 pm

Priam wrote:Nah, ur IGN is useless to them if its not the same as ur login name.

happy to know!

Drew_Benton · Post by **Drew_Benton** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:05 pm

Priam wrote:Nah, ur IGN is useless to them if its not the same as ur login name.

Not true, although ever since forum revamping it's a lot better now. Highly believable source

uBeR · Post by **uBeR** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:41 pm

Brute force attacks will not work so well if you're getting stopped every time for 10 minute intervals.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:58 pm

Drew_Benton wrote:
Priam wrote:Nah, ur IGN is useless to them if its not the same as ur login name.

Not true, although ever since forum revamping it's a lot better now. Highly believable source

were talking ingame here, not on some shit forum.