Grinding Gear Games will close the year 2024 on a relatively low note, as Path of Exile 2, which was released in Early Access, is facing a new problem…

It’s not yet known why these hacks are happening, but the bottom line is that valuable resources are being appropriated by hackers who could become quite powerful in the endgame segment of this CRPG game. However, those who have made it here in Path of Exile 2 may find their account hacked as their inventory may be missing valuable items. Inventories are shared between characters, making it easier to level up if players want to try out other character classes. Consequently, the losses can be described as extremely painful, as many grinds may have resulted in the accumulation of stolen items…

More frighteningly, the hackers were not stopped by Steam’s 2FA (two-factor authentication). Some of the people affected received an email saying that someone had tried to access their account, and they were still able to bypass Valve’s security system. If this is indeed the case, Gabe Newell and his team have a much bigger problem on their hands, and what Path of Exile 2 has shown us is just the tip of the iceberg. Users have been sharing their stories on the official Path of Exile forum, and it doesn’t bode well…

According to Grinding Gear Games, they are unable to return the stolen materials, resulting in hours of repeated grinds for many hackers. The hacker is said to be well known on the forums, as he often shared what he was doing, but kept changing his username. It is not known if he works alone. The first Path of Exile was also affected: many diamonds and valuable resources were lost from users’ inventories, and some players were banned as a result of the hacking and lost access to the game.

Grinding Gear Games is working to resolve the issue of banned users, and they believe that this could take weeks, but in any case, the situation is quite serious.

Source: WCCFTech