Why are people still getting hacked when they ‘play it safe’ online?

Recently, I've seen multiple cases where people got hacked even though they claim they didn’t use any third-party tools, click on phishing links, or open suspicious emails.

How could this happen?

Could it be due to overlooked vulnerabilities in the system they’re using or misconfigured security settings?

If you’ve experienced something similar or have insights into other possible hacking methods, please share your knowledge or prevention tips.

Thanks in advance for your responses!

If GGG had a data breach then any safety precautions you took on your end are irrelevant.

For instance if you had a friend named oh let's say "GGG" and this friend knows your user name and password. It doesn't really matter what safety precautions you took because someone could still get it from your friend,

Hard to say for sure. I'd think if there was some security breach on a large scale as some have suggested it would be MUCH more prevalent. The disparity between people using or not using addons, Steam vs standalone client also add to it all.

I got hacked today to! Someone somehow change my email and loging in my account and take everything good i have ! I not use any third program, not klik on any links. Just when i play got masage: Someone else loging in this accoutn ; and i got DC . Now i can log in in game and site with hacker mail and my password ....! :(

i was hacked today i have no idea how i thought i was safe, don't use third programs or have traded with anyone once in POE 2, but i have linked my account with f@@king steam
they stole 2 @@@@ing divines
changed my email and password didn't report it cos i didn't want my acc locked over 2 divines sad bastards

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bestmaster1996#5421 wrote:

Recently, I've seen multiple cases where people got hacked even though they claim they didn’t use any third-party tools, click on phishing links, or open suspicious emails.

How could this happen?

They are lying?

They are suffering from complacency (you get it a lot with people that work in IT, they get complacent because they deal with it a lot but it means they think they know it all and don't change while a "hacker" is always evolving)

And last but not least is THE LIST, a list of email accounts and passwords, game account names and passwords from every big hack that went down, you see in the news sometime that some big company got hacked (sony for instance) and that hundreds of thousands of player details were stolen...that ends up on the list.
That list is sold and updated constantly, any time there is a new game would be hackers and RMT companies get the list and try ALL the details there and they keep getting access to people accounts because some people keep reusing details/passwords.

At best there are only a few hundred reports (probably not even that) and there were over one million keys sold, so less than 1% of accounts have been "hacked"

There's a few things and its not tied to GGG directly.

If someone has their e-mail hacked, someone can redo their pw for the game and log in that way. There is also the fact that data breaches have happened a while ago and people had their info leaked all over the net. The crazy part is some people still have not changed their passwords since then and their login information still works.

Now the really patient hackers will have that account info, do nothing for months, and sit in the shadows and wait. When certain accounts start actually getting valuable items, they'll strike at a later date.

There are also a few other things but I don't want to give any more ideas to people