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Post by
hashmel
Keyloggers do get hold of peoples' account info but most often it's just people being "shortsighted" and succumbing to a phishing scheme largely due to "questionable" web browsing...the type of browsing one might do if stuck on a ship of mostly men like yourself? =P
Update your antivirus software and virus definitions regularly and change passwords just as often.
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5200
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Post by
Vlet
And yes I did do the whole authenticator and whatnot.
You had an authenticator on your account, and it was still compromised? Many will find this hard to believe.
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112742
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Post by
Naviie
In the OP's defense, it is possible. The auth code, if unused, is still good for a certain amount of time after being generated. If the OP went to a phishing site and put in the auth code, an eager person on the other other end would be waiting to type that into to the WOW client. Once in, the havoc can commence.
The next thing you can deduce is that if someone on your ship would buy it, chances are there is at least one other person playing wow... at least one other person within the vicinity of your authenticator....
Post by
xaratherus
Believe it or not. Im not joking. Otherwise I'd not waste my own time and post this.
The only way that your account could be hacked with an authenticator attached is if someone else physically had access to your authenticator. So if what you're saying is true, you need to check with the people who might have access to your authenticator.
The token itself generates a random character string based on a stored algorithm; those characters are unique to the account, and are only good for about 30 seconds to a minute at most. Without those random characters, you cannot access the connected account.
Someone had access to your token, or someone hacked the authentication server on Blizzard's side (highly unlikely).*
*Or, what I consider more likely, that you're telling tales out of school.
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292411
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Post by
TheReal
/applaud Strandvaskeren
Or an account thief could guess your authenticator code. I mean, people
do
hit the lottery.
Post by
Xegony
Its bogus.
Even if the scenario outlined by Strand could happen, it wouldnt. Scammers rely on volume. They dont have the time to individually target people. Why bother making up a site to hack people with authenticators when there are so many others w/o them?
While possible, its slim to none that this happened. Just another troll posted by some dude mad at blizzard for some imagined slight.
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Post by
Xegony
He's just showing his true colors =)
Move along, nothing to see here.
Post by
Miyari
Move along, nothing to see here.
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