Chat from today:


How hard could it possibly be to monitor the chat?  Why do these people still have chat?  Do you even read the posts here or the emails that get sent to support?

mtt leaderboards not depending on holidays


maybe award some useless accolades like avatars or chat colors/fonts too

site stopped working right as the freeroll was to start.

hope it comes back.

Since SWC is radio silent with regards to the hacked accounts, I will do my best to speculate on what has happened.

SWC has no security measures currently set up to prevent a brute force attack. A hacker can proceed to just try password after password with zero repercussions. So instead of developing a more secure site, SWC has decided to make the users responsible for increasing the security of accounts by requiring everyone to change their password to one with a minimum of 12 characters.   This solution requires no software development. This solution also doesn't prevent a brute force attack. It just makes it more difficult. I think a better solution would be one of the following: 1) make it so that after X amount of failed log in attempts an account is red flagged or locked, 2) log in with your email address instead of a very public screen name.

SwC Poker has upgraded password security. In a recent incident, several accounts with weak passwords exhibited unusual activity. Out of an abundance of caution, we are requiring all players to reset their passwords, substantially increasing the minimum requirements. We strongly encourage the use of 2-factor authentication, and it may soon become mandatory.

Funds are safe, as the vast majority of player funds are held offline. The players affected by this incident will be made whole by SwC.