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Discussion Questions Thread - December 27, 2024

Questions Thread

This is a general question thread. You can find the previous question threads here.

Remember to check the community wiki first.

You can also ask questions in any of the questions channels under the "help" category in our official Discord.

For other discussions, please find the Megathread Directory at this link.

The idea is for anyone to be able to ask anything related to PoE:

  • New player questions
  • Mechanics
  • Build Advice - please include a link to your Path of Building
  • League related questions
  • Trading
  • Endgame
  • Price checks
  • Etc.

No question is too big or too small!

We encourage experienced players to sort this thread by new.

We'd like to thank those who answered questions in the last thread! You guys are the best.

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u/InfiniteOnions 22h ago

So just found out there was some kinda of data breach why isn’t ggg not putting a notice urging people to change their passwords

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u/_slosh have a boy 21h ago

What data breach?

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u/InfiniteOnions 21h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/s/isfYkU752V

I just started poe2 so I have nothing to steal but steam have the fear of my steam account being hacked

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u/_slosh have a boy 21h ago

Highly doubt it's an actual data breach on GGG's side and not just another case of reused password/keylogger/compromised phone combo.
If there was a data breach of their databases they are required by NZ law to report such to the NZ government.

Steam has 2FA so unless you reuse your password often and your steam guard app/phone is compromised you are not at risk anyway.

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u/LucidTA 21h ago

There's no reason to believe it's a data breach yet. Snoo himself said in another thread his PoE password was reused. It very well could just be people targeting a new, very popular game with existing leaked credentials.