Whiskey
Puppeteer
Gander
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Long-time listener. [F4:@Kraythur]
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Post by Whiskey on Jan 6, 2011 17:12:53 GMT -5
This is embarrassing.
My WoW account was hacked last night/early this morning by nefarious goldhackers. It appears that the hackers didn't mess with my CoT Silverhand Worgen Craythur. He didn't have anything worth taking. But they bad guys might have tried to access the guild bank.
I don't think I have access to the guild bank. I never looked. But if one of you can check the log and make sure that would be a load of my mind. If something happened I'd like to appeal it quickly while I have their attention.
Yours in humiliation.
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Maeve
Rampager
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Post by Maeve on Jan 6, 2011 18:39:15 GMT -5
No need to feel humiliated. You are just one amongst many of us who have been victim to a WoW hack at some time.
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Dachartach
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AHHH HAHH HAHH! I WAS BO'N AN' RAISED IN A BRIAR PATCH!
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Post by Dachartach on Jan 6, 2011 19:21:38 GMT -5
In the two years and change I played, i was never hacked. I was getting some pretty respectable gear from raiding towards the end there, too. Lucky, maybe. Or it could be that I always kept my virus protection up to date and rarely got any third party mods, just the raiding package, before and after which I thoroughly virus checked and disinfected my PC.
Don't they have authenticators now?
WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB AND WE ARE HERE TO SING SONGS ABOUT DEATH AND MAKE YOU SAD AND STUFF!
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Post by Rer on Jan 7, 2011 4:53:03 GMT -5
You mean the Authenticators that have gotten 11 (Yes I'm counting) of my guildies hacked in less than a Month?
Yea.. I'll pass.
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Post by Grok on Jan 7, 2011 8:15:22 GMT -5
You mean the Authenticators that have gotten 11 (Yes I'm counting) of my guildies hacked in less than a Month? Yea.. I'll pass. How can Authenticators get you hacked? If you're talking about man-in--the-middle attacks, then I wouldn't blame the authenticator. That's like blaming a locksmith for a lockpick. |
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Post by Grok on Jan 7, 2011 9:32:56 GMT -5
Absolutely no reason to be embarrassed. Given the sheer amount of hackers out there, it's bound to happen to everyone eventually. |
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Dachartach
Spell Weaver
Aionic
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AHHH HAHH HAHH! I WAS BO'N AN' RAISED IN A BRIAR PATCH!
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Post by Dachartach on Jan 7, 2011 10:31:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I was thinking authenticators would be pretty hard to get through, as they give you a unique numerical password every time you log in to your account. I've heard there's a workaround for it that might work once, not sure how that goes.
So the rest of us should thank Blizzard and WoW for absorbing the lion's share of all the hacking and account theft attempts! Way to take it for the tribe!
I know that not many, if any, accounts for FFXIV have been hacked. That may have something to do with the fact that no-one plays it. Exaggerating there, but just a little.
Churned butter once or twice,
livin' in an Amish Paradise...
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Post by rivz on Jan 7, 2011 10:52:48 GMT -5
Embarrassed? Ain't like you got your dick slammed in a door...now that sucks.
I was hacked in 2005 when they didn't have Authenticators, and took them a week to restore stuff. Your lucky things are better in terms of restoring then they were back then.
Things will be restored, have no fear.
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Post by Grok on Jan 7, 2011 11:36:09 GMT -5
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Post by Rer on Jan 7, 2011 16:32:10 GMT -5
I dunno, it probably sounds like I'm wearing a Tin-foil hat, but 11 of my guildies have been nearly immediately hacked post-enacting their authenticators.
Maybe they all just have shit on their smartphones, who knows.
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Vejuz
Harpy Archer
Not all who Wander are Lost
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Post by Vejuz on Jan 7, 2011 18:11:13 GMT -5
I haven't gotten hacked since I added mine and it's on my phone. Also, it should be noted that man in the middle attacks are very, very difficult and resource-consuming to pull off. Chances of you getting hit by one are low.
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Solvanirn
Brain Mole
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Suck it Dolphin!
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Post by Solvanirn on Jan 8, 2011 8:51:49 GMT -5
I dunno, it probably sounds like I'm wearing a Tin-foil hat, but 11 of my guildies have been nearly immediately hacked post-enacting their authenticators. Maybe they all just have shit on their smartphones, who knows. Or they had a malware on their computer that wasn't detected. I was always wondering when they would get smart enough to do what was in the link Grok posted. Good thing they only have access once to your account (unless you don't remove the malware). I have never been hacked, but have seen many of my WoW friends hacked and even some that walked away from the game because of it. It sucks, even though you will get your stuff back, it still seems like you're completely helpless. I have resisted the temptation to play WoW since Cata released and just seeing that this is more of a problem then ever (even though I still have an Authenticator tied to my Battle.net account), I really don't see myself playing because of this. Side note: Anyone know if Blizzard has thrown around the banhammer again for accounts that were gold farmers or IP addresses that were being used to conduct hacks? I remember them posting every few months how many accounts they've shut down, but now it just seems like they don't bother (because they just spring up again). Solv |
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