I finally got my password resetted today and notice there are 2 [email protected]://us.ncsoft.com/en/ website
1st Login: Upper right hand corner, if you click on "Log In", this will grant you access to your NCSoft Master account
2nd Login: Click on "Support"-->"My Stuff", this will grant you access to Customer Support.
So why is there two different type of logins on the same site? That would mean I would have to secure my NCSoft Master account and my Customer Support account with a hard password since the 2nd Login also contains ALL open/closed cases I have ever open, including password resets where GW's customer support team ask you to email them ALL your game access keys to verify your identity.
If someone breaks in using the 2nd Login that is used to submit help tickets, they will gain access to any information you have provided GW's customer support with. This means access keys, address, dob, etc... that GW's customer support ask when you forgot your NCSoft's Master account username/password.
NCSoft - 2 Different Log-Ins? Why?
JimmyNeutron
king swift
That is an interesting point. I have not thought about the two logins as a potential
security risk. The reason they have two logins is because one is to control your account
options and one is to contact support. If you forget your password to your NCSoft
account, there still needs to be a way to contact support. Thus they made it separate.
My advice to you delete anything in your "My Stuff" if you feel it is a risk.
I agree the whole thing is a mess, but yet again isn't Anet and NCSoft one big mess?
security risk. The reason they have two logins is because one is to control your account
options and one is to contact support. If you forget your password to your NCSoft
account, there still needs to be a way to contact support. Thus they made it separate.
My advice to you delete anything in your "My Stuff" if you feel it is a risk.
I agree the whole thing is a mess, but yet again isn't Anet and NCSoft one big mess?
bsoltan
It's possible that support is operated by a different branch of NC Soft and they have their own database setup to keep it separate from the store. A bit annoying but coming up with two secure passwords isn't too big a job really.
JimmyNeutron
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That is an interesting point. I have not thought about the two logins as a potential
security risk. The reason they have two logins is because one is to control your account options and one is to contact support. If you forget your password to your NCSoft account, there still needs to be a way to contact support. Thus they made it separate. My advice to you delete anything in your "My Stuff" if you feel it is a risk. I agree the whole thing is a mess, but yet again isn't Anet and NCSoft one big mess? |
Once the case/ticket is closed for the password reset, you can NOT delete anything under "My Stuff". If someone was to able to break into your customer support account, they could read your case/ticket for the password reset and gather all the personal information along with the access keys and have ANET send a password reset to a NEW bogus email address that the hacker have setup.
To ANET, the hacker provided all the access keys and personal info. Unknowning to ANET, the hacker copy and paste into the new support ticket all the information in the previous support ticket.
So, to use a different password for NCSoft Master account and Customer Support is a waste. Both password should be identical because if a hacker breaks into one and you've requested a password reset before, they will gain access to the other.
See my point?