- Many players have reported that their PayPal account is getting hacked after linking and making purchases on Arknights Endfield.
- The developers have responded by removing the PayPal payment method and putting it under maintenance.
- The issue has been identified and fixed. The developers have started reimbursing all affected accounts.
Arknights Endfield has finally released earlier today, and the game has been equally good and well-received as in the early beta. However, as with most games nowadays, it has become common for launch days to have problems.
Even though the game doesn’t have any issues at the moment, a more serious threat has happened instead. Multiple Arknights Endfield players have taken to Reddit to report their PayPal accounts getting hacked after making in-game purchases. Here is everything you need to know about what has happened and how Hypergryph is taking care of it.
Arknights Endfield PayPal Issue Has Been Fixed (UPDATE)
Hypergryph has made an announcement settling the entire PayPal issue on their official X account. After the investigation, the developers found that there was an inconsistency between the order and item delivery. How this ended up allowing accounts to be hacked is something we are yet to know, but they have reassured that the issue has been fixed.
Furthermore, they have begun issuing full refunds for all PayPal transactions between 9:36:51 AM (UTC+8) and 11:05:36 AM (UTC+8), including purchases using the official launcher and top-ups made via topup.gryphline.com. All refunds will be completed within four hours, and players who do not receive their refunds can reach out to endfield_cs@gryphline.com with their server and UID information.
Arknights Endfield Paypal Accounts Hacked During Launch
Editor’s Note: There has been an update on this situation, which has been explained in the section above.
The Arknights Endfield Reddit has been filled with posts from players who are seeing unknown transactions happening on their PayPal accounts after making microtransactions on Arknights Endfield. According to reports, the PayPal payment channel has an exploit that is allowing others to hack into accounts of those making transactions in the game.
The exact method that the hackers are using is currently unknown, but it definitely has something to do with the PayPal payment method integration in the game. The developers of Arknight Endfield have also responded to this entire fiasco on X, acknowledging the issue and notifying players that the PayPal payment channel has been put under maintenance.
The post asks players to use other available payment channels to make purchases for the moment. However, what it doesn’t specify is how the players who have already lost their money will be reimbursed.
Hopefully, the Arknights Enfield PayPal issue will be fixed soon, and the victims of the hacking attack will get their lost assets back. The title appears to be a breakthrough gacha game that runs really well at launch.
It’s a shame that the game’s launch is getting dampened for something unrelated to the gameplay mechanics and performance. However, the importance of the issue cannot be undercut, as many have lost their entire PayPal wallet due to this problem.
So, did you face this Arknights Endfield PayPal issue as well? Let us know in the comments below.
