Rift players will want to check their email for notification from Trion Worlds that the data servers have been

compromised.

The database in question contained information including user names, encrypted passwords, dates of birth,

email addresses, billing addresses, and the first and last four digits and expiration dates of customer credit

cards.

There is no evidence, and we have no reason to believe, that full credit card information was accessed or

compromised in any way. We have already taken further action to strengthen our systems, even as we, with

external security experts, continue to research the extent of the unauthorized access.
Players will have to change passwords and reattach any authenticator that they may be using. Unfortunately, at

the time of this writing the Trion/Rift site is down so accomplishing that task is not possible.

We’re just going to let the RuneScape dev team say it in their own words: To pop the cork on the all-year celebration of RuneScape’s 10th anniversary, Jagex Game Studio is hosting a 24-hour challenge for one brave (and well rested) RuneScape moderator, to celebrate the ringing of 2012 with RuneScape players across the globe. 

With each of the 39 strokes of midnight, occurring in the 39 time zones across the world, players will be alerted to the moderator’s in-game location through Facebook, Twitter, and in-game, that they can seek him out and join in these once a year festivities.
 
Using the hashtag “#RS24” on Twitter, players can join in the conversation, keep track of his progress, and connect with fellow players as he celebrates the coming of 2012 with RuneScape players the world round.
Have a happy holiday season, and looking forward to capping RuneScape’s 10th anniversary with global count downs to the New Year! 10…9…8…7…(repeat 39x)