Account has been hacked.

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emjay2d wrote:

As of 10 miniutes ago, I've been owned. I got booted while in game, because someone else signed on. I booted them off by signing in, they did it again, they deleted every character VERY quickly (almost botlike), and that was that.

This sucks...

Same here... deleted almost all of my characters (left 2 level 1's) but left my stash completely intact. Wtf?

A similar thing also happened to GW2 close to release. The guys that log into your accounts have a database of passwords, obtained by whatever means. Some of the passwords end up being shared (don't know where now, a long time ago it was sites like blackbay.org where huge password dumps could be found).

Personally, I could have been hacked in GW2 if it wasnt for their protection system (new computers need to be validated via email to access the account in-game). I got an email that there was a login attempt from China, and I denied it. I've since then changed my password everywhere and I didn't have anymore problems.

Just so you know, it's incredibly hard to hack databases for passwords. I'm sure it's possible, and I'm sure there are people that can do it, but would they really bother with GW2 and PoE directly? Its so much easier to use keyloggers / phishing sites. There were also some really big hacks (lulzsec and others) on the PS3 network, Steam, and other databases, and after they were done with the passwords they probably dumped them somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if those passwords are now known to the internet.

Change your password, be more careful. Never use your old password again.

Stop lying, nobody believes you anyway.

Proof:

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/110789

Now go away!

I can see that several people in here have had issues with account break-ins. In situations where a game account is hijacked, something like 99%+ of compromises are not related to information gained from the game's host. The most common means are through people using passwords that they have used in other places in the past or attaching their accounts to an email address that has already been compromised and hasn't changed its password in years.

While it is theoretically possible that there was something going wrong related to the game/site, it's highly unlikely. The passwords are not even stored, only hashes of them are.
More importantly, if the database had been compromised in such a way, the obvious targets would be the wealthiest and highest-level players in the game.

The best suggestion I can make (assuming you don't have any malicious software) is for anybody concerned to change your password immediately and then change it every few weeks after that. Make sure to do it with your email account too.

I also got hacked, made a thread about it earlier, and sent an email to the supports. The guy accessed my account, I quickly logged in, changed the PW and found my inventory filled with currency and one legendary.

I then got booted again, and now my account no longer exist.

Would be nice with some info from mods/devs? Is my account restorable by rollback or any other means?

I really enjoy the game, and would hate to stop playing because of this.

R.I.P. HC Ranger :(

Same problem here....
and I guess it isnt my fault...

Would be nice if GGG implements a second pwd to access the character like other games.

will be the items refunded?

Today at 15.06 Moscow time my account has probably been hacked.
I was disconnected with the message that my account went under another person. I immediately re-entered, and then changed the password on the site. But my character on my account was gone.

Character RangDesmont. 57 lvl. Active skill -> elemental hit, Lighting arrow, Frenzy, Wrath, Grace, Anger.

Default League.

In Stash - in the first tab orbs and skill gems and uniq hat. The third - rare items. In 4 - 5 socets items. A character with a 5L bow. In Friends - character Demont, account getsby86.

Perhaps this information will serve as a proof that this character existed and that it is - my.

Also have a screens with my character.

I also hope that it will be possible to restore.

Hacking accounts could not be produced by a virus or hack because I'm using Linux.

It is either a security vulnerability Grinding Gear Game (because I never put out my email and any data about myself), or brute force.

I do not use a router (direct Ethernet VPN connection) and I am the single user of my computer. And I have everywhere the passwords =( I do not know how it was possible to steal my password.

Help, please!

Sorry for bad English.

I hope all of you have the last stable browser versions and disabled/restricted the use of Java and Flash Plugins etc., there will always be unfixed zero-day exploits on the market for those. These will install a keylogger without you noticing anything, your antivirus won't give a bleep.

On the end of GGG, I hope they don't use some homebrew hash solution for pw storing and do it right with bcrypt/scrypt/pbkdf2.

I wish I could get at least my Main character back, I remember what kind of items I had in Stash and inv.

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mblank7686 wrote:

are you the only person that uses your computer? do you use wifi?

Only me, but I'm suspecting the dogs... found the word 'Poodle' in my search history...

connected with cable