Trion Worlds skal være glade for at der findes godsindede hackere (White Hat Hackers) i disse dage. RIFT er netop gået i luften og der skulle kun gå et par dage, før et yderst alvorligt sikkerhedshul blev fundet i forbindelse med den måde, som man tilgår sin konto på. En spiller ved navn ManWitDaPlan, kom dog hurtigt til hjælp og kunne give Trion Worlds et par hurtige anvisninger. Hullet blev lukket ganske effektivt efterfølgende. hackere er mange ting og også slet ikke så tossede endda. Fansitet ZAM har efterfølgende lavet et lille interview med ManWitDaPlan, hvor han forklarer hvordan sagen udviklede sig.

ManWitDaPlan: Trion’s response to the revelation of the exploit has been spot-on. Steve Chamberlin, the dev lead for Rift, was on the phone with me within five minutes of my sending the technicals on the exploit, and while I was talking to him, the engineering team was likely already editing and recompiling code. A patch was deployed just over two hours after the exploit was revealed. A few extra fixes (to Coin Lock) were also pushed in at the same time to further tighten things up. The phrase “epic win” is cliched from its overuse as a meme, but it nevertheless certainly fits here.