Hacker Awarded for Discovering Rift Security Issues

[Tom Goldman]

Hacker Awarded for Discovering Rift Security Issues

Trion MMO Rift is now more secure thanks to a hacker from the game's community.

As with many MMOs, Trion's Rift [http://www.amazon.com/Rift-Pc/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1300812942&sr=8-2] has been under assault from the seedy underbelly of the hacking community trying to gain access to people's accounts since its release in early March. While these hackers are a thorn in Trion's side, it isn't bothered by all of them.

An "ethical hacker" that goes by the alias "ManWitDaPlan" and works at a security firm by day found a loophole in Rift's servers, but instead of using it to cause trouble, he told Trion. After learning of it, Trion jumped to fix the potential exploit.

ManWitDaPlan told ZAM it was a loophole that was "easy to miss" at first. He commended Trion for its swift response, saying it channeled Bruce Lee and hit the exploit right away, acting within two hours. It's a good sign that Trion is working hard to protect its customers.

According to rumor, ManWitDaPlan received a special reward, perhaps a lifetime subscription to Rift, for his efforts. ManWitDaPlan said he'll "be around [Rift] for a while." Unethical hackers, beware!

Source: PCGamer [http://rift.zam.com/story.html?story=25684&storypage=1]

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[Eri]

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

 

[Konatacalypse]

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

Sadly I believe this.


Good job ManWitDaPlan you are not an asshole.

 

[Leg End]

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

This happens even more often than you know. :/

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

Sadly I believe this.


Good job ManWitDaPlan you are not an asshole.

He is bro.

OT: Brofist for haxbro.

 

[ProtoChimp]

Nice one, it's cool to see someone with computer skills not greifing real life.

 

[Slavik_91]

This is one of those gentleman hackers that use monocles and top hats.

 

[Brainst0rm]

That's another point for Trion.

...I really need to get Rift...

 

[rsvp42]

Good to hear. Rift isn't the greatest game, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be exploited. I think every MMO should find someone like this to dig up weaknesses.

 

[Aeshi]

Wonder how long it'll take until he decides to supplement that infinite time with some more in-game cash by "ethically" hacking people's accounts.

 

[Irridium]

So... what was the exploit?

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

stuff like this is good to see, that hackers aren't "all bad" per say (not saying they all were to begin with, but most of the media captures the nastiness of it)

respect points +1 to manwitdaplan and trion

 

[standokan]

So not all Hackers are a$$holes, there is still hope for this world.

 

[Tuqui]

So... what was the exploit?

Apparently there was a loophole in the login code that let u log into other people account without the need of user and pass.

This shows there are a lot of good people out there

 

[vrbtny]

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

This happens even more often than you know. :/

I bet certain other MMOs would probably just ban him and call him a cheater for daring to find an exploit in their "perfect" game.

Sadly I believe this.


Good job ManWitDaPlan you are not an asshole.

He is bro.

OT: Brofist for haxbro.

Falcon Bro-Fist!

 

[CommanderKirov]

Even though I have not a slightest interest in another hotkey MMO.
I have to say, thumbs up for Trion. Real gentleman like behavior

Also big thumbs up for the Hacker that proved that there are people with computer savy that can act classy instead of exploiting the problem.

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

Sony would do well to take some pages from Trion's playbook.

 

[Raesvelg]

Sony would do well to take some pages from Trion's playbook.

There's a wee difference between hacking something then telling the people who own it what you did, and that they should fix it, and hacking something, then telling the world how to hack it too.

I imagine, for example, that if GeoHot had gone directly to Sony and said "Hey guys, I hacked the PS3, here's how, you might want to fix that", he probably wouldn't be in half the trouble he's in now, and if he'd done it right, he probably could have even gotten the credit for it.

 

[Seydaman]

Cool
Way to be a boss

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

That's pretty champ. Good to see Man did something nice, and Rift rewarded him for his deed.