Yesterday my younger sister txted me all freaked out cuz she couldn't log into her World of Warcraft account. She tried to get her password incase she'd forgotten it, and she got an email from the support people saying her account was under investigation. So I called her to see what was going on.
While I was talking to her she was all worried because a friend of hers had given her 6k gold, and was afraid that maybe they thought she had bought that gold, that is a banable offense, buying gold.
I told her that maybe that was it, and her account could be banned, but she could probably petition it, and get her account back. Then off the top of my head I threw another idea at her... maybe your account was hacked. Maybe someone got in there and stole everything. Just a stupid idea that popped up. I told her if that was the case, she would get her account back, no problem. So she settled down, and hoped that had been the case.
Today I got a txt from her saying her account had been hacked and she got it back. When I got off work I found out that the hackers had stolen EVERYTHING. Everything from all her toon's banks. Everything off of her toons. All her toons were naked, by mailboxes, with not one item on them.
There is something called the blizzard authenticator that is extra secruty for your account so it can't be hacked.
She lost 7k gold, and her enchanting supplies, and all her gear, everything, down to the most minute grey worthless item. Stripped naked. I hear there is nothing that can be done. I think they should be able to track it somehow. They should be able to reimburse her somehow... I don't know. I was pretty angry even though it has nothing to do with me.
I ordered some blizzard authenticators for my, and my hubby's accounts. It's so rude that people steal like that. My sister has been playing for almost 3 years like my hubby and I have. She's never made it to lvl 70, cap is 80 now, but she just enjoys playing the game. She's not out to have the best gear. She's not out to make people mad. She's not even out to pvp, and someone targets her. I do a lot of auctioning, and selling stuff, as well as collecting rare pets, and items. Now I am so afraid to even log into my account. Everyon's got the 'it will never happen to me' attitude, but that is so close to home it's got me competely feeling vulnerable.
I know... mmorpgs are dumb to a lot of people, but all my friends and my siblings play, and it is my link to them all since I am in Louisiana, and they are all in Wyoming. It beats phone bills and writing emails and letters.
So... if you do play an MMORPG, look into security. IF you play WoW, check into the Blizzard Authenticator.
I finally have a lvl 70, she's 71 now, and I would quit playing all together if that ever happened to me.
Be safe...
While I was talking to her she was all worried because a friend of hers had given her 6k gold, and was afraid that maybe they thought she had bought that gold, that is a banable offense, buying gold.
I told her that maybe that was it, and her account could be banned, but she could probably petition it, and get her account back. Then off the top of my head I threw another idea at her... maybe your account was hacked. Maybe someone got in there and stole everything. Just a stupid idea that popped up. I told her if that was the case, she would get her account back, no problem. So she settled down, and hoped that had been the case.
Today I got a txt from her saying her account had been hacked and she got it back. When I got off work I found out that the hackers had stolen EVERYTHING. Everything from all her toon's banks. Everything off of her toons. All her toons were naked, by mailboxes, with not one item on them.
There is something called the blizzard authenticator that is extra secruty for your account so it can't be hacked.
She lost 7k gold, and her enchanting supplies, and all her gear, everything, down to the most minute grey worthless item. Stripped naked. I hear there is nothing that can be done. I think they should be able to track it somehow. They should be able to reimburse her somehow... I don't know. I was pretty angry even though it has nothing to do with me.
I ordered some blizzard authenticators for my, and my hubby's accounts. It's so rude that people steal like that. My sister has been playing for almost 3 years like my hubby and I have. She's never made it to lvl 70, cap is 80 now, but she just enjoys playing the game. She's not out to have the best gear. She's not out to make people mad. She's not even out to pvp, and someone targets her. I do a lot of auctioning, and selling stuff, as well as collecting rare pets, and items. Now I am so afraid to even log into my account. Everyon's got the 'it will never happen to me' attitude, but that is so close to home it's got me competely feeling vulnerable.
I know... mmorpgs are dumb to a lot of people, but all my friends and my siblings play, and it is my link to them all since I am in Louisiana, and they are all in Wyoming. It beats phone bills and writing emails and letters.
So... if you do play an MMORPG, look into security. IF you play WoW, check into the Blizzard Authenticator.
I finally have a lvl 70, she's 71 now, and I would quit playing all together if that ever happened to me.
Be safe...