We recently had another attempt of an exploit, we are AWARE.", Jake Team-SW goes on to say " Refrain from making numerous threads inquiring about this issue, we are dealing with the ones that caused the exploit issue." He also goes on to say that disregarding this post will get you kicked off the forums. So far I have seen one person that did get banned.
At 19:00 (SWT) another post was released by Aj Smallworlds, His posts actually tells what Jake meant by exploits and just how serious the situation is. "In the last few hours, a couple of players have used an exploit to create ‘fake gold’ in an attempt to hurt SmallWorlds. " He ends the post by saying that all of the "fake gold" transactions will be investigated and reversed, AND that he will continue to keep us informed.
The link to this thread will be posted here: ---> http://www.smallworlds.com/forum/threads/1310180-Exploit-8-18-2015
THE CHAIN MAIL
This is definitely the talk of the town, In spaces like "Trading Post" and "Town Square" everyone is spreading the news like wildfire. Adding to that there have been numerous of different chain mails warning you and pleading you to send to more people.
Most cover the same element, " DO NOT buy/sell/resell UNLESS it is a Smallworlds owned store. DO NOT enter any spaces such as the Trading Post, Flea Markets, 1 Gold/Tokens, anything that has to do with gold. Make a safe house for your belongings. To stay low for three weeks or until the situation is resolved."
Others have even said to "Use their 'fake gold' as soon as possible so smallworlds does not give them negative gold or ban them", I have not done any research on this one I do not know if this actually works. Please do exercise caution; Do not buy/sell for the time being so you do not get affected. The "Fake Gold Hackers" have been sending the items to smallworlds citizens, IF YOU RECEIVED ONE do not panic. So far, going by the thread made, I believe that they will reverse the transactions, meaning the will most likely send it back to the original owner. Contact [email protected].
SHOPS CLOSED
All the big shops such as HADDIES, FROSTY, and PANDORA have been affected by the fake gold. All the big major player owned shops have been closed until the issue is resolved. All though some shops are open, you will not see any big tickets items such as wears/rares. Everyone is saying to STAY AWAY FROM SHOPS/FLEA/GIVEAWAYS.
EXTRA EXTRA!
This part of the article is just about some interesting things I found surfing the Forums and Spaces. Hardly anyone has mentioned anything about the "Fake Gold" exploit, if you did, they were locked.
One I found very interesting was this one ( LINK ), Dan Smallworlds compromised players accounts? So the citizen posted saying that she heard rumors saying Dan Smallworlds made an alert saying, " Don't be online at 9:30 US time as this is the time hackers are on". The rumor that Dan Smallworlds made an alert was then squashed after another player replied to it.
The second one was even better! ( LINK ) After the thread was posted almost immediately it closed and the moderator replied to it. This is the only thread that I read that actually talked about someone revealing the plan. Seeing how many posts and first time he posted tells me that he is either a new player OR that this might be an alias to hide his real identity in case " the girl and group " knew him. I can not confirm whether he actually met the girl and group BUT I can confirm that Firefoxes were sold for about 4.5k AND to be the exploited items. Smallworlds soon fixed the Firefox problem.
Out of all the links I found I find this one to be the most reliable one.
This third one may not have to do with the exploits but it does have the right timeline so it shouldn't be brushed off. ( LINK ) The poor citizen talks about the odd things going on with her notifications. Very weird notifications started popping up at around the same time as the exploits.
This info is not a link but an actual experience in a space. While at Trading post trying to find some answers, a conversation caught my eyes. A player, who's name I will not reveal, was telling someone that he will give them a snowfox. I continued to listen and he said that he would download a snowfox then send it to him if he'd only watch some funny video.
THE END
This is all the information I have acquired so far. I will do an update IF new info/advice surfaces. Thank you for reading, PLEASE be careful when buying and selling.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
This new phenomenon take "Bitch Better Have My Money" to a new virtual level. At 10 O'Clock (SWT) Aug 18th 2015, Smallworlds Moderators released a very eerie post in the smallworlds forums. It states, " At 19:00 (SWT) another post was released by Aj Smallworlds, His posts actually tells what Jake meant by exploits and just how serious the situation is. "In the last few hours, a couple of players have used an exploit to create ‘fake gold’ in an attempt to hurt SmallWorlds. " He ends the post by saying that all of the "fake gold" transactions will be investigated and reversed, AND that he will continue to keep us informed.
The link to this thread will be posted here: ---> http://www.smallworlds.com/forum/threads/1310180-Exploit-8-18-2015
THE CHAIN MAIL
This is definitely the talk of the town, In spaces like "Trading Post" and "Town Square" everyone is spreading the news like wildfire. Adding to that there have been numerous of different chain mails warning you and pleading you to send to more people.
Most cover the same element, " DO NOT buy/sell/resell UNLESS it is a Smallworlds owned store. DO NOT enter any spaces such as the Trading Post, Flea Markets, 1 Gold/Tokens, anything that has to do with gold. Make a safe house for your belongings. To stay low for three weeks or until the situation is resolved."
Others have even said to "Use their 'fake gold' as soon as possible so smallworlds does not give them negative gold or ban them", I have not done any research on this one I do not know if this actually works. Please do exercise caution; Do not buy/sell for the time being so you do not get affected. The "Fake Gold Hackers" have been sending the items to smallworlds citizens, IF YOU RECEIVED ONE do not panic. So far, going by the thread made, I believe that they will reverse the transactions, meaning the will most likely send it back to the original owner. Contact [email protected].
SHOPS CLOSED
All the big shops such as HADDIES, FROSTY, and PANDORA have been affected by the fake gold. All the big major player owned shops have been closed until the issue is resolved. All though some shops are open, you will not see any big tickets items such as wears/rares. Everyone is saying to STAY AWAY FROM SHOPS/FLEA/GIVEAWAYS.
EXTRA EXTRA!
This part of the article is just about some interesting things I found surfing the Forums and Spaces. Hardly anyone has mentioned anything about the "Fake Gold" exploit, if you did, they were locked.
One I found very interesting was this one ( LINK ), Dan Smallworlds compromised players accounts? So the citizen posted saying that she heard rumors saying Dan Smallworlds made an alert saying, " Don't be online at 9:30 US time as this is the time hackers are on". The rumor that Dan Smallworlds made an alert was then squashed after another player replied to it.
The second one was even better! ( LINK ) After the thread was posted almost immediately it closed and the moderator replied to it. This is the only thread that I read that actually talked about someone revealing the plan. Seeing how many posts and first time he posted tells me that he is either a new player OR that this might be an alias to hide his real identity in case " the girl and group " knew him. I can not confirm whether he actually met the girl and group BUT I can confirm that Firefoxes were sold for about 4.5k AND to be the exploited items. Smallworlds soon fixed the Firefox problem.
Out of all the links I found I find this one to be the most reliable one.
This third one may not have to do with the exploits but it does have the right timeline so it shouldn't be brushed off. ( LINK ) The poor citizen talks about the odd things going on with her notifications. Very weird notifications started popping up at around the same time as the exploits.
This info is not a link but an actual experience in a space. While at Trading post trying to find some answers, a conversation caught my eyes. A player, who's name I will not reveal, was telling someone that he will give them a snowfox. I continued to listen and he said that he would download a snowfox then send it to him if he'd only watch some funny video.
THE END
This is all the information I have acquired so far. I will do an update IF new info/advice surfaces. Thank you for reading, PLEASE be careful when buying and selling.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!