WoW Guild bank robbed 42k gold + 20 of mats gone

sirelliottm · 8th January 2010, 3:34 PM

Hey,

Between me and some work mates we have our own guild in it was ~42k gold lots of ore BOE epic gear (245 gears) lots of mats the gbank was full all members have full access...

Anyway my brother asked if he could come to our server use some mats to build a tank up we all agreed (most of the mats are mine the other guys just swap items in and out) anyway he got hacked bam everything gone!

the hackers then sold all his gear used all his badges on a shammy he had been raiding with for 1.5years his dk that was in raiding gears and also cleaned out his gbank on his horde server...

the hacker added an authenticator to his account so he was on the phone to blizz for 1.5hours today on hold then the reset it all for him but he has to submit tickets for all the gear...

it sucks

purehybrid · 8th January 2010, 3:40 PM

BL, next time don't get hacked. You'll get 90% of it back so meh.

sirelliottm · 8th January 2010, 3:54 PM

yeh im guessing i will get it back...it just sucks i use to just go to the bank get 200g go an enchant but i cant now....or buy items that are cheap in trade and ah them for more...i cant...blizz should assist in my loss of income as i have no bank roll....

Pinkeh · 8th January 2010, 4:03 PM

All members have full access.
Nuff said.

r8response · 8th January 2010, 4:03 PM

Should have had a authenticator in the first place. I have no sympathy for people that whinge, bitch and moan about being hacked when it could be avoided easily.

Also, seems a little convenient that the account was hacked just after getting access to the bank

sirelliottm · 8th January 2010, 4:05 PM

yes to make this clear to some people who do not read...

work mates = it would make it pretty hard to come to work after stealing few hundred dollars worth of game items.

Brother got hacked.

this is not some emo thread its just me posting about what happened it sucks but im not going to lose sleep over it...

Steelspawn · 8th January 2010, 4:14 PM

Just out of curiosity how many people that play (especially in AUS) use these authenticators? I was thinking about doing it for reasons such as this but I know a lot of people that play and not a single person uses it.

Seems the hackers are using them more to block accounts than the people trying to block them out instead

Calindor · 8th January 2010, 4:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steelspawn

Just out of curiosity how many people that play (especially in AUS) use these authenticators? I was thinking about doing it for reasons such as this but I know a lot of people that play and not a single person uses it.

Seems the hackers are using them more to block accounts than the people trying to block them out instead

Depends who you talk to I guess.

Most people that play the raid game will likely have an authenticator. Our guild (bar 1 person) are covered by authenticators. We run pretty lean, so it sucks when someone is unavailable for several weeks due to bad account security.

Steelspawn · 8th January 2010, 4:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calindor

Depends who you talk to I guess.

Most people that play the raid game will likely have an authenticator. Our guild (bar 1 person) are covered by authenticators. We run pretty lean, so it sucks when someone is unavailable for several weeks due to bad account security.

So everyone ordered them from the Blizzard website?

Calindor · 8th January 2010, 4:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Steelspawn

So everyone ordered them from the Blizzard website?

Only place to get them.

Pinkeh · 8th January 2010, 4:34 PM

Unless you are playing from a public terminal, sharing account information and/or have been using infected third party WoW software, its really hard to get your account hacked.

Tough lesson to learn the hard way. Use the authenticators.

quickshot84 · 8th January 2010, 4:52 PM

Two of our guildies got hacked recently

First = cleared out all the high sellable items from the gbank (from 4 tabs)
and sold all the guy's toon's gear and alts gear
This took about 1 1/2 weeks to recover from (ie tickets etc etc)

Second = we'd learn our lesson by that point and now only the GM + 2 officers have full access, all with authenticators on their accounts and core raiders can get 3 stacks/day
Couldnt get access to gbank but sold all the guys toon's items etc.
he is still waiting to get all his stuff back but its getting there

RyoSaeba · 8th January 2010, 5:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinkeh

Unless you are playing from a public terminal, sharing account information and/or have been using infected third party WoW software, its really hard to get your account hacked.

Tough lesson to learn the hard way. Use the authenticators.

Indeed. I'm more interested about where this hack originate from.

sirelliottm · 8th January 2010, 5:55 PM

he said he has not done anything dodgy on his pc but he did use our fathers laptop to change account info on the weekend and as he is slightly single im assuming he has been into the porn sites...i have told him before that it will make him go blind or he will get trojans/keylogger nasty visurses.

Pinkeh · 8th January 2010, 5:58 PM

A more likely reason is using third party WoW mods/plugins that are infected with key loggers or trojans; or entering your login details on to fake WoW/Blizzard websites. See where the Blizzard authenticator comes in handy?

Stealing account information on World of Warcraft is strictly limited to people interested in your game account.

Hope you get your stuff back.

8th January 2010, 3:34 PM	#1
sirelliottm Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ACT Posts: 1,743	Guild bank robbed 42k gold + 20 of mats gone Hey, Between me and some work mates we have our own guild in it was ~42k gold lots of ore BOE epic gear (245 gears) lots of mats the gbank was full all members have full access... Anyway my brother asked if he could come to our server use some mats to build a tank up we all agreed (most of the mats are mine the other guys just swap items in and out) anyway he got hacked bam everything gone! the hackers then sold all his gear used all his badges on a shammy he had been raiding with for 1.5years his dk that was in raiding gears and also cleaned out his gbank on his horde server... the hacker added an authenticator to his account so he was on the phone to blizz for 1.5hours today on hold then the reset it all for him but he has to submit tickets for all the gear... it sucks __________________ PC: i5 2500k: 670 gtx SLI: 8GB ram: 64GB G.Skill SSD: 2TB game storage PC monitor: U3011 HTPC: Phenom II X4 840: 4GB ram: Xonar HDAV1.3 Server: HP N40L: 8TB Storage

8th January 2010, 3:40 PM	#2
purehybrid Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,838	BL, next time don't get hacked. You'll get 90% of it back so meh. __________________ i7 920 / 6gb / 460gtx OC Completed trades ($3,750+ total) - Hotdog_Hotdog, mecka, dimsyrak, MotoMan, [MadHatteR], melbnut, crag_v, jimmytim903, Quittersss, Azzan [/URL]

8th January 2010, 3:54 PM	#3
sirelliottm Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ACT Posts: 1,743	yeh im guessing i will get it back...it just sucks i use to just go to the bank get 200g go an enchant but i cant now....or buy items that are cheap in trade and ah them for more...i cant...blizz should assist in my loss of income as i have no bank roll.... __________________ PC: i5 2500k: 670 gtx SLI: 8GB ram: 64GB G.Skill SSD: 2TB game storage PC monitor: U3011 HTPC: Phenom II X4 840: 4GB ram: Xonar HDAV1.3 Server: HP N40L: 8TB Storage

8th January 2010, 4:03 PM	#4
Pinkeh Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 7,252	All members have full access. Nuff said. __________________ Photography: Gear, Flickr ASUS P8P67 EVO, Core i5 2500K, Sapphire 6970x2, 32GB Corsair Vengenance RAM, WD Caviar Black 4TB, Green 4x 3TB, NZXT Phantom Red Full Tower, Cosair TX950 PSU \| QNAP412 4x2TB Hitachi 7k3000 RAID5 \| BF3 Stats

8th January 2010, 4:05 PM	#6
sirelliottm Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ACT Posts: 1,743	yes to make this clear to some people who do not read... work mates = it would make it pretty hard to come to work after stealing few hundred dollars worth of game items. Brother got hacked. this is not some emo thread its just me posting about what happened it sucks but im not going to lose sleep over it... __________________ PC: i5 2500k: 670 gtx SLI: 8GB ram: 64GB G.Skill SSD: 2TB game storage PC monitor: U3011 HTPC: Phenom II X4 840: 4GB ram: Xonar HDAV1.3 Server: HP N40L: 8TB Storage

8th January 2010, 4:03 PM	#5
r8response Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sunshine Coast Posts: 4,156	Should have had a authenticator in the first place. I have no sympathy for people that whinge, bitch and moan about being hacked when it could be avoided easily. Also, seems a little convenient that the account was hacked just after getting access to the bank

8th January 2010, 4:14 PM	#7
Steelspawn Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 16	Just out of curiosity how many people that play (especially in AUS) use these authenticators? I was thinking about doing it for reasons such as this but I know a lot of people that play and not a single person uses it. Seems the hackers are using them more to block accounts than the people trying to block them out instead

8th January 2010, 4:34 PM	#11
Pinkeh Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 7,252	Unless you are playing from a public terminal, sharing account information and/or have been using infected third party WoW software, its really hard to get your account hacked. Tough lesson to learn the hard way. Use the authenticators. __________________ Photography: Gear, Flickr ASUS P8P67 EVO, Core i5 2500K, Sapphire 6970x2, 32GB Corsair Vengenance RAM, WD Caviar Black 4TB, Green 4x 3TB, NZXT Phantom Red Full Tower, Cosair TX950 PSU \| QNAP412 4x2TB Hitachi 7k3000 RAID5 \| BF3 Stats Last edited by Pinkeh; 8th January 2010 at 4:47 PM.

8th January 2010, 4:52 PM	#12
quickshot84 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 867	Two of our guildies got hacked recently First = cleared out all the high sellable items from the gbank (from 4 tabs) and sold all the guy's toon's gear and alts gear This took about 1 1/2 weeks to recover from (ie tickets etc etc) Second = we'd learn our lesson by that point and now only the GM + 2 officers have full access, all with authenticators on their accounts and core raiders can get 3 stacks/day Couldnt get access to gbank but sold all the guys toon's items etc. he is still waiting to get all his stuff back but its getting there __________________ "D.sin" i7-930 \| GB X58a-UD3R \| Zotac GTX 260+ AMP2!\| 3x2G Kingston T1 HyperX \| Antec 1200 \| Razer Lycosa \| Razer Mamba

8th January 2010, 5:55 PM	#14
sirelliottm Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ACT Posts: 1,743	he said he has not done anything dodgy on his pc but he did use our fathers laptop to change account info on the weekend and as he is slightly single im assuming he has been into the porn sites...i have told him before that it will make him go blind or he will get trojans/keylogger nasty visurses. __________________ PC: i5 2500k: 670 gtx SLI: 8GB ram: 64GB G.Skill SSD: 2TB game storage PC monitor: U3011 HTPC: Phenom II X4 840: 4GB ram: Xonar HDAV1.3 Server: HP N40L: 8TB Storage

8th January 2010, 5:58 PM	#15
Pinkeh Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 7,252	A more likely reason is using third party WoW mods/plugins that are infected with key loggers or trojans; or entering your login details on to fake WoW/Blizzard websites. See where the Blizzard authenticator comes in handy? Stealing account information on World of Warcraft is strictly limited to people interested in your game account. Hope you get your stuff back. __________________ Photography: Gear, Flickr ASUS P8P67 EVO, Core i5 2500K, Sapphire 6970x2, 32GB Corsair Vengenance RAM, WD Caviar Black 4TB, Green 4x 3TB, NZXT Phantom Red Full Tower, Cosair TX950 PSU \| QNAP412 4x2TB Hitachi 7k3000 RAID5 \| BF3 Stats Last edited by Pinkeh; 8th January 2010 at 6:01 PM.