Hacked
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:59 am
(Read this like a story and not a 'fuck, i got hacked' post - Makes it much nicer)
Well, i woke up early for some reason. Dont know why, i woke up and thought i needed to get up for something. The time was 5am. I took a shower and got something to eat, and logged onto WoW around 5.50am. "Hmm, thats funny, my password isnt working" i said to myself. I went to the WoW site and had my password reset, i then logged on to find my character without any visible modifications, but i also noticed a new char, with a 'gold site spammer name'.
I immidiately logged onto my character to find some nice person had leveled my Mining from 427 to 450. They had also wiped my guild bank, taken all my gold, amounting to around 4500, and had also been very busy farming Ore and mining materials, which weirdly were left on my account.
Furthermore, most of my Emblems were gone, and i also had 10 Honorable kills. "Okay, so i've been hacked" i thought, and immidiately started writing a GM Ticket, without reviewing all the possible missing items.
I pressed the start key and quickly opened Wordpad. I relized that i had no idea what was missing. I knew the slots that were empty, i know almost exactly how much gold i had, but i had no idea of the item names. "Does this make a difference - Surely blizzard keep logs of this sort of thing" i whispered to myself. I started writing a Story-like letter to Blizzard, best discribing what happened, what time i logged out last and what time i think the hacking took place. I couldnt remember the damn names of my missing items. Only two, because they were special too me. My first 80 Epic Titansteel Bonecrusher, and my 2 Handed sword from Zul'Farrak that i spent 3 hours farming for, Sul'thaze the Lasher.
I also remembered that i was still Guild Master, so i quickly logged onto my other account and gave guild leadership to my paladin. Also noticing that everything was Okay with that account.
I stood up and looked out the window, it was getting light and there was a cat strolling down the street. I will always remember that cat, mainly because it's mine, but even still... It will be forever known as 'The cat i saw on the day my World of Warcraft account was hacked'.
Having sat back down, and turned on the TV - the News was on, i continued to write to Blizzard in Wordpad. "As far as i can remember, nothing else has been taken" i wrote. I read over the letter, trying my hardest to remember the names of my missing items, but with no luck. I then decided to look through my screenshots as i normally screenshot new items and nice drops, but none of them were screenshotted.
Logging onto the Armory i relized it would of updated in the time since the hacking, so the items were not shown there. I had no options left - I could not provide the names of the stolen items to Blizzard, as they request on the GM Ticket interface. I wondered if i would be able to get my items back without such important information... Only time will tell.
With a flick of the mouse, i initiated a full System scan - A feature which i normally have disabled. Scanning, Scanning and Scanning some more, it found no threats. Wondering how my account information became available, i drew a blank. Nobody knows my info and i dont download anything. The chances of being keylogged are slim.
After getting all possible information from my Death Knight, i logged onto my Bank Alt to find her not wearing the Festival Dress i had made for her. The 70-ish gold and 250 Relics of Ulduar she had - gone. I felt genuine depression. Never before have i felt upset or depressed over a game, until now. The thought of somebody logging onto my account and basically stealing from me, makes me feel sick.
Never in a million years would i of guessed that i could be hacked. I have a strong username and an even stronger password. Now i am relying on Blizzard to come through for me and get my items back, especially that of the Guild Bank, which was not mine.
I hope none of you ever get hacked, because its not a plesent experience - And the amount of information Blizzard request from you... Well, its making my brain hurt.
Sorry for the wall of text - I tried to make it readable.
Well, i woke up early for some reason. Dont know why, i woke up and thought i needed to get up for something. The time was 5am. I took a shower and got something to eat, and logged onto WoW around 5.50am. "Hmm, thats funny, my password isnt working" i said to myself. I went to the WoW site and had my password reset, i then logged on to find my character without any visible modifications, but i also noticed a new char, with a 'gold site spammer name'.
I immidiately logged onto my character to find some nice person had leveled my Mining from 427 to 450. They had also wiped my guild bank, taken all my gold, amounting to around 4500, and had also been very busy farming Ore and mining materials, which weirdly were left on my account.
Furthermore, most of my Emblems were gone, and i also had 10 Honorable kills. "Okay, so i've been hacked" i thought, and immidiately started writing a GM Ticket, without reviewing all the possible missing items.
I pressed the start key and quickly opened Wordpad. I relized that i had no idea what was missing. I knew the slots that were empty, i know almost exactly how much gold i had, but i had no idea of the item names. "Does this make a difference - Surely blizzard keep logs of this sort of thing" i whispered to myself. I started writing a Story-like letter to Blizzard, best discribing what happened, what time i logged out last and what time i think the hacking took place. I couldnt remember the damn names of my missing items. Only two, because they were special too me. My first 80 Epic Titansteel Bonecrusher, and my 2 Handed sword from Zul'Farrak that i spent 3 hours farming for, Sul'thaze the Lasher.
I also remembered that i was still Guild Master, so i quickly logged onto my other account and gave guild leadership to my paladin. Also noticing that everything was Okay with that account.
I stood up and looked out the window, it was getting light and there was a cat strolling down the street. I will always remember that cat, mainly because it's mine, but even still... It will be forever known as 'The cat i saw on the day my World of Warcraft account was hacked'.
Having sat back down, and turned on the TV - the News was on, i continued to write to Blizzard in Wordpad. "As far as i can remember, nothing else has been taken" i wrote. I read over the letter, trying my hardest to remember the names of my missing items, but with no luck. I then decided to look through my screenshots as i normally screenshot new items and nice drops, but none of them were screenshotted.
Logging onto the Armory i relized it would of updated in the time since the hacking, so the items were not shown there. I had no options left - I could not provide the names of the stolen items to Blizzard, as they request on the GM Ticket interface. I wondered if i would be able to get my items back without such important information... Only time will tell.
With a flick of the mouse, i initiated a full System scan - A feature which i normally have disabled. Scanning, Scanning and Scanning some more, it found no threats. Wondering how my account information became available, i drew a blank. Nobody knows my info and i dont download anything. The chances of being keylogged are slim.
After getting all possible information from my Death Knight, i logged onto my Bank Alt to find her not wearing the Festival Dress i had made for her. The 70-ish gold and 250 Relics of Ulduar she had - gone. I felt genuine depression. Never before have i felt upset or depressed over a game, until now. The thought of somebody logging onto my account and basically stealing from me, makes me feel sick.
Never in a million years would i of guessed that i could be hacked. I have a strong username and an even stronger password. Now i am relying on Blizzard to come through for me and get my items back, especially that of the Guild Bank, which was not mine.
I hope none of you ever get hacked, because its not a plesent experience - And the amount of information Blizzard request from you... Well, its making my brain hurt.
Sorry for the wall of text - I tried to make it readable.
