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http://www.reddit.com/r/HeroesofNewerth/comments/14zj2p/i_am_the_guy_who_hacked_hon/
Apparently according to him, he hacked the database on Friday and since S2 did nothing about it he starting hacking streamer accounts to get recognition. If this is true I will probably end up quitting hon since this is a pretty low blow for the company to only make a statement AFTER he started gloating about it.
He verified it by posting his name on the Main S2 caster's Twitter (he had the same passwrod for his twitter and Hon I guess)
Edit: Yes S2 Did hash the passwords but the hacker got the individual Salts as well(which quoted by himself were short and ineffective)
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S2, despite having the best (imo. obviously) Moba game out there have been complete retards when it comes to marketing and community management for the last 4 (5?) years. There's a reason why it's by far the weakest of "the big 3". So yeah, not surprised.
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On December 17 2012 22:46 Monsen wrote:
S2, despite having the best (imo. obviously) Moba game out there have been complete retards when it comes to marketing and community management for the last 4 (5?) years. There's a reason why it's by far the weakest of "the big 3". So yeah, not surprised.
I know. I feel HoN is amazing compared to Dota 2 and LoL as well. The fact that they made the game cost money upon release just ruined all the hard work they did, can't blame them for that but considering gamers have a free choice of a similar game especially in areas like asia you cant blame the players for going to inferior games.
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Not only that, but it took them like 4 years to realize and remedy their mistake. Also it has only been a few months ago that I saw some kind of advertisement for their game for the first time (on twitch). Talk about being your own worst enemy.
edit: oh yeah, and Soontour™
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I had actually forgotten that HoN existed.
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On December 17 2012 22:46 Monsen wrote:
S2, despite having the best (imo. obviously) Moba game out there have been complete retards when it comes to marketing and community management for the last 4 (5?) years. There's a reason why it's by far the weakest of "the big 3". So yeah, not surprised.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Man, it's a mystery to me why people who do such a thing. Yeah, I get money, control yada yada yada - but this is such a blow to S2. How can you be so destructive towards other people...
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I didnt know people were still playing HoN lol.It s HoN s fault to not have encrypted passwords.
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Gratz to the hacker!
Pretty big achievement...
But thats all i gotta say to that, I really dont care what happens to HoN
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On December 17 2012 23:10 zeru wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2012 22:43 dapierow wrote:
He verified it by posting his name on the Main S2 caster's Twitter (he had the same passwrod for his twitter and Hon I guess) I have a hard time believing that S2 doesn't hash passwords. link?
It's in the OP.
Edit: And this is hilarious. Except I was planning to play some and apparently S2 aren't very good at what they do (surprise surprise) so their servers are shut down for now.
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The hacker seems like an idiot
So suprising how bad s2 seems to be at security
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S2 has done a lot of things right lately. Hontour, Dreamhon and Honcast are pretty big. This however is pretty embarassing.
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I just wanted to show my support for those who, in their opinion, thought HoN is a superior moba game to their counterparts. Yes, I totally agree with you. It's too bad they didn't realize their marketing strategy wasn't working sooner..
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On December 17 2012 23:27 Yoshi- wrote:
The hacker seems like an idiot
So suprising how bad s2 seems to be at security
Yup. Desperate attempt to get more attention.
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Don't see more than the hacker succeeding in hacking one person.
Or where is proff for more than breaky's account?
Either way sad news, will hurt HoN, won't have that big of an impact tho. The battle with DotA2 and LoL won't ever go in HoN's favor. They lost it long time ago. ;<
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They didn't even both to hash the passwords? What a joke.
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On December 17 2012 23:39 CCow wrote:
Or where is proff for more than breaky's account?
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Hon being in maintenance, the offical statement in game.
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Nobody seems very impressed with this guy. It's just an attention-whore who broke a shitty security system.
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On December 17 2012 23:40 dapierow wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2012 23:39 CCow wrote:
Or where is proff for more than breaky's account?
< Hon being in maintenance, the offical statement in game.
Thanks,
didn't see it in OP. That just sucks hard then. :o
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EPT
