iPadOS My support ID has been changed or just stolen

[Sulfe]

Interesting fact brought up by one of my Alliance members. No mention of this on fb or Discord. Only this forum. Seems unusual and may or may not be an issue. But, one has to wonder, with G!s silence, what is going on.

 

[uk_crunch]

good point @Sulfe I had a quick search for airport city and game insight on a couple of other social platforms and could see no mention.... could be our signatures on here is how they've got the game id's to try and steal.....?????????!!?!?!? have amended me, closing the stable door etc....

thoughts anyone?

edited - just checked a few signatures and actually few have their code there, but a few more in user details shared beneath their pic icon

 

[Sulfe]

Funny thing is, my ID is not public, and I only share via this forum's email. So, I'm not sure why this is happening.

And, I want to make it very clear that I am NOT placing blame on this forum. The only blame goes onto the stupid hacker. Why does one get joy out of chaos. So stupid.

 

[uk_crunch]

agree nothing to do with forum, but just occured to me that these details could be used for nefarious purposes!!

 

[MartAlex]

I had a quick search for airport city and game insight on a couple of other social platforms and could see no mention....

It is not particulary true. There are mentions in Facebook group, for example:

What is true though - silence from GI.

 

[flyhores]

I have also been hacked, and I don't know how to resolve it
I have gathered all the information that can prove everything and sent it to GI

 

[flyhores]

I just thought about it. There was no such issue before version 8.41 of the game. 、
The current invasion of the game account happened after version 8.42.
Perhaps there is a major vulnerability in this game version
It seems to have no relationship with the hardware devices and systems you are using
The worst-case scenario is that the game database of GI can be hacked and modified by that hacker, but of course, it's just a speculation

 

[Sulfe]

I have also been hacked, and I don't know how to resolve it
I have gathered all the information that can prove everything and sent it to GI

I had nothing to lose so I selected game choice on my device and not the choice for the server version. All came back with correct AC, my planes and progress was all there. I've played most of the day and the only things that are missing is my Alliance and my friends. Hopefully, G! can restore my firends, but I haven't heard back yet.

 

[uk_crunch]

has anyone affected NOT at some point used the GI link feature.... I think this is the common link so far...

 

[flyhores]

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has anyone affected NOT at some point used the GI link feature.... I think this is the common link so far...

No, I haven't used it recently because everything was normal before the incident

Moreover, I didn't finish some things last night. I stayed up until 2 am before going to bed. At that time,
the game was functioning normally, but the issues seemed unresolved. A few minutes ago,
I tried to log in to the game using the mobile app, but it still prompted a server error. However,
I could see the progress and time on the GI computer client

 

[uk_crunch]

@flyhores I also don't use now, but have in the past (mainly to get a casino) so the theory still stands....?

 

[flyhores]

@flyhores I also don't use now, but have in the past (mainly to get a casino) so the theory still stands....?

I'm not sure, but now I believe that regardless of whether you use device-side progress or other progress to play the game,
the game data has definitely been hijacked
Whether you are playing with the game progress on your device or prompted to play with the server progress, as long as you log in to the game,
it will display two progress prompts: one is the device progress (which may be lost if you are not careful),
and the other is the cloud progress. However, every time you log in to the game, it will only prompt you with the earlier cloud game progress.
Based on the above reasons, my judgment is that the game data has been illegally hijacked

 

[GermanDuck]

This is a very unsettling development, that's why I investigated this a little bit and found out that GI's servers are poorly secured, they have to fix this ASAP.

No one is safe, although you can easily access other accounts using their friend code:
https://www.airportcitygame.com/threads/remove-your-game-code.55205/post-609233

 

[MartAlex]

This is a very unsettling development, that's why I investigated this a little bit and found out that GI's servers are poorly secured, they have to fix this ASAP.

Yes, based on my experience with how they have been "functioning" for almost a year now, I would support this claim. Obviously, the people who wrote the client-server architecture for this game either have poor skills and understanding of this technology or are just vibe-coding.

 

[flyhores]

Yes, based on my experience with how they have been "functioning" for almost a year now, I would support this claim. Obviously, the people who wrote the client-server architecture for this game either have poor skills and understanding of this technology or are just vibe-coding.

Yes, my judgment is that the issue is with the game terminal server, and it has little to do with the equipment we use and the operating system installed on the equipment

 

[Julie payne]

That’s a worry if it’s the game server, but with it happening right after the upgrade and to a number of us together, it appears to be more likely it’s that. What do they get out of hacking, It’s frustrating isn’t it. My response from GI is that they are looking into it, no other information as of yet. I can continue to play but no alliance and I’ve lost some neighbors.

 

[MartAlex]

What do they get out of hacking

Originally, hacking was done "just for fun" or to show what you could do to others.

We could not transfer resources to other players or sell them for real money in this game. Therefore, hacking is of no real use. It could be that GI thought there was no need to protect or encrypt the API, since hacking would not bring any real value to the attacker.

 

[flyhores]

Originally, hacking was done "just for fun" or to show what you could do to others.

We could not transfer resources to other players or sell them for real money in this game. Therefore, hacking is of no real use. It could be that GI thought there was no need to protect or encrypt the API, since hacking would not bring any real value to the attacker.

Life is just over 30,000 days long, so treat everything as a dream

If I have the time to hack others' game profiles, and it doesn't bring me much benefit, I would rather spend this time figuring out how to earn some money for myself and my family to improve our lives
By the way, the ID I registered here doesn't actually mean much.
Initially, when I was registering online, I thought of "flyhorese", but found that many places had already been registered with this ID.
So I changed it to "flyhores", which I found was basically unused