Path Of Exile 2 Hacking Also Brings New Opportunities To Solve Steam Security Issues

The long-awaited Path Of Exile 2 Early Access is finally online. While enjoying the fun brought by this new sequel, some players have also encountered some unpleasant situations.

Recently, some old players in the late stage of the game reported that their accounts were hacked, and some hard-earned resources in the inventory disappeared out of thin air. What’s more strange is that this situation is not an isolated case, which makes some players very angry. They claim that if GGG cannot reasonably solve this problem and compensate the players, they will be very disappointed with this long-awaited game.

To be honest, the goals and reasons of these hacker attacks are not clear. They may randomly select and obtain some rare currency items to help themselves go more smoothly in the late stage of the game, or they may simply make profits.

The reason why these resources are so precious is that micro-transactions in POE 2 allow players’ inventories to be shared among all their characters, which means that if you have enough rare POE 2 Currency, you can upgrade any class character in your account at will. These rare items usually take a lot of time and effort to grind, so losing them is a colossal blow to players, which is why so many players are angry.

Hackers Bypassed Steam 2FA

Compared to the account hacking, what has attracted more attention from players in this incident is how these hackers easily bypassed Steam 2FA. Some players who have experienced this incident have said that they have received an email and their accounts have been warned that they are at risk of being hacked, but for some reason, hackers still passed Steam 2FA and stole their resources.

If this incident becomes the norm and Steam 2FA has little effect, then Steam may face a greater trust crisis than Path Of Exile 2.

Game Materials Cannot Be Recovered

Grinding Gear Games said that they cannot recover game materials that have been stolen by other players. After experiencing this crisis, some players have begun to share their experiences on the official platform of Path of Exile, such as how they reported that their game accounts were stolen.

However, this is not good news for those who have been affected. Even the negative impact of this incident affected not only ordinary players but also hackers who took great pains to attack and ended up losing hours of game time. Because of the irrecoverability of the stolen game materials, the only solution to this problem is to let these players start collecting game materials again.

Related reports show that due to the real-time sharing of updates when attacking game websites, hackers also enjoy a certain reputation in the forum, and he will use the method of constantly changing usernames to avoid tracking. At present, whether there are other people involved in this incident remains to be investigated.

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The Scope Of The Impact Of The Incident Has Expanded

According to relevant users, not only POE 2 has been affected, but even those players who are still playing the original Path of Exile have also been affected. A large number of POE 2 Exalted Orbs and other valuable materials in these players’ game accounts have disappeared. This is undoubtedly an enormous blow to game players.

Even because of this hacker attack, some players found that their accounts have now been banned, causing them to no longer be able to access the game, and they can only temporarily stagnate their hard-built game blueprints.

Problems Are Being Actively Resolved

Grinding Gear Games stated that they are actively solving many problems reported by players, and they are also working hard to solve the problem of accounts being banned due to adverse effects on related players. However, relevant news revealed that the process of solving and repairing related problems may take several weeks. This means that a considerable number of gamers will not be able to access their POE 2 accounts for an unforeseen period of time.

This hacker incident has brought a lot of negative public opinion to Path Of Exile 2 and has also caused a certain trust crisis in the Steam background defense system.

At present, although the hacker’s attack intention is unclear, Grinding Gear Games is also taking on the responsibility and is actively solving and repairing the problems in the game accounts of affected players.

We also believe that this incident is not only a warning to GGG’s background management and operation but also brings room for improvement to the Steam security defense system, and is also a case for other game categories in the same industry to solve public opinion crises.