When I was hacked, they raped 2 guild banks...one of which was from a pretty big guild. From what I hear they are going to start requiring either the fob or the mobile app after Cataclysm is released. I initially ordered the fob, but now use the app on my Droid. I have been playing since the game came out and had never been hacked. Then a couple of months after they switched to battle.net for the log in, I get hacked. I don't go to any questionable sites, plus my machine is protected by anti-virus (Aviria) and windows defender, so no malware here. I can almost guarantee that you got hacked from someone hacking Blizzard...not from anything you did. From my discussions with the management, hacking is a HUGE problem that completely overwhelms the GM's...it's the reason why when you submit a ticket that they may get to you 2-3 days later. This is why they are seriously contemplating forcing the issue with the authenticator.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:25 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: WOW account hacked. I'm sad. Just got an email from Blizzard. They determined the account was hacked and they have restored it. Just my character was there and he had all his items so no big deal. Hopefully it will remain safe until I get the authenticator. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks guys. I feel a little better. I ordered the authenticator. > > I just wish I knew the breach was on their end and not mine. I don't trust > my own computer right now which is not a good feeling. Just built it and > hate to do a clean install. Takes forever to get everything set up. > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> You should get most of your stuff back...though the process is long and >> drawn out as Blizzard doesn't maintain the info in a very efficient >> manner. >> I would highly recommend getting the authentication key. There is also a >> mobile app for this, so check that before you buy. The mobile app is a >> bit >> limited in the phones it's supports. Blizzard security with just the >> login >> and passwords sucks big time. Most of that is getting hacked from their >> end, not yours (though they claim they are not at fault...yeah). Just >> contact Support and they will remove the ban and then you can contact a >> Game >> Master to get your stuff restored. >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rob Parkhill [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:20 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: WOW account hacked. I'm sad. >> >> >> You shouldn't lose your stuff, but you might want to follow up with them >> >> My Account was hacked about two months ago, and I hadn't played in about a >> month at the time. When I did get back in, after changing my passwords >> and >> waiting the time specified by Blizzard, all my stuff was there, as well as >> about 12 other characters I didn't create. >> >> Since I have no idea how my account was hacked (although I possibly think >> it >> was through a guild) can't say what else to do (It just so happens that I >> had formatted and installed the full version of Windows 7 between the last >> time playing and the message re: my account :) ) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rob >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Matthew Smith >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > >> > So I got an email from Blizzard that my account was banned for spamming. >> > I've been too busy to play this week and haven't logged in for a while. >> > This sucks. >> > >> > Will I lose my character or items? >> > >> > A couple of other things going on that make me question my computer >> > security at this point. >> > >> > A week ago I opened tomshardware.com in my browser and it was logged in >> as >> > a hotmail account I've never seen. Tried to log in as my account and it >> > worked after a couple of tries. I figured it was a bug on the site. >> > >> > Also, Chrome has had problems opening pages in new tabs. The url shows >> but >> > nothing loads. >> > >> > Not huge issues, but with account hacked I wonder if there is something >> > going on. I am running Kaspersky IS. Just downloaded malwarebytes and >> > running a scan now. Also installed a blocking hosts file. Not sure >> what >> > else to do. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316235 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
