MapleSea Hacking Issue is getting out of hand

There are so many forum and posts regarding the hacking issues in MapleSea. It has been a month + since the hacker thing have been going on. There are Hackers steal gamers' currency in MapleStory and players blame AsiaSoft for lax security.

Many players had lost millions or even billions of Messos in Maplestory, some with their 'A' Cash ( real money ) and equipments stolen too. Players had spent real money 'A' Cash into MapleStory to buy more powers or weapons for their characters - so they can progress to higher levels of the game - as well as more mundane items like stylish clothes.

Many accounts were hacked and 'A' Cash were stolen. We had believe that the Asiasoft's servers were hacked into, and many players are charging that the company did not provide them with adequate protection. Worse, Asiasoft has not compensated them for their losses.

Many gamers called The Straits Times to complain about being shortchanged and some gamers had organised to file a police report about this issue. We had experienced that the hacking began last month somewhere in August, and is still continuing till today. I believe hundreds of accounts have been hacked into so far. Every single day, I hear of accounts being hacked into.

However, AsiaSoft seems to push the blame away to the players such as playing the game in cybercafes, whose computers are notorious for hosting Trojans which can log passwords and the like - are responsible for their losses. The recent hacking cases are nothing like what we've seen before. Players who have never logged into their accounts in cybercafes, or given away passwords, or visited malicious websites, have been hacked. Many gamers agreed, saying they are all savvy adults who know how to protect themselves online. Meanwhile, AsiaSoft says such hacking incidents for online multi-player games are fairly common, and that users should be vigilant.

AsiaSoft added that it has taken action to combat the hacking, which it says originated in China, by increasing the number of firewalls for game servers. It has also advised gamers to change their login passwords on a regular basis. But players will not be compensated for their losses which "A" Cash that was stolen from hackers. It's seem that Asiasoft is unlikely to restore the accounts in full or return the virtual cash. However, they are said to be trying to work out a compensation package.

So far, the police are investigating, but lawyers say this may bring scant relief to victims. The actions of the Singapore police are limited to this country, they say, and it is difficult to prosecute online criminals across jurisdictions.

Till today, I still hear accounts being hacked. Even with the recently game patches and security firewall measurement taken by AsiaSoft, it's has proven that it is useless against hackers. It is really getting out of hand. I felt that AsiaSoft had react too slow to deal with this situation. They should also be part of responsibility to solve this hacking issue as soon as possible to prevent any further accounts and 'A' Cash being stolen.

We, my pi and mi had not login our accounts for a month since the hacking issue surfaced. Hopefully, our characters in MapleStory are still alive and fully intact.