Aion: Aggressive Phishing Attempts Target Popular Community Site

Gold sellers know no bounds when it comes to trying to deceive Aion players and nothing shows this more than a recent attack on the popular community site, AionSource.

In recent hacking attempt, someone may have managed to collect AionSource members e-mails. This e-mail was sent out to members and has been confirmed at AionSource and on the official Aion website as accurate.

Dear AionSource.com member,

It has come to our attention that during a recent attempt to hack our website, hackers may have gained access to email addresses used to register accounts here at AionSource.com. We always value your safety, and strive to maintain your trust. We've comprised a list of ways to protect yourself and what to be on the look out for. DO NOT TRUST ANY EMAIL LINK that is related to your password for Aion Online or AionSource.com, always open your browser and type in the website address manually. Also please thoroughly read our announcement regarding how to protect yourself and your passwords form phishing scams.

We value your time, and assure you we are doing everything in our power to prevent problems like this from affecting our network in the future. Your safety and ability to use our website worry-free is our top priority.

Thank you,

- AionSource.com Staff

While it is concerning that e-mail contacts may have been stolen, the real threat of phishing comes from users clicking links and entering account info in places that are not official. These are the ONLY domains in which are truly NCsoft owned sites:

http://www.ncsoft.com/
http://plaync.com
http://us.ncsoft.com/
http://eu.ncsoft.com/
https://secure.ncsoft.com/
http://uk.support.ncsoft.com
http://fr.support.ncsoft.com
http://de.support.ncsoft.com
http://na.aiononline.com/
http://uk.aiononline.com/
http://fr.aiononline.com/
http://de.aiononline.com/

As long as players remain vigilant in their protection of their accounts, the threat will be minimal.