I'd really like Anet to find out who's doing this, coz ive worked really hard to get those ectos, and its kinda disgusted me of playing for a while.
Goodbye to my FoW armor
So, whats this all about?
ps: yes, i changed my password etc
WTF? another hacked account?
aotdsyndrome
Hey all! Whats this new craze in hacking accounts exactly? after turning off Guild Wars at around 4pm GMT+1 today, I come back right now (four hours later), and someone has been on my account, been to Temple of Balth int dis1, and has stolen 48 Ectos and 4 black dyes o_O They left everything else it seems (still checking), including 6 maxed armors, a tormented recurve bow, several rare weaps, and 100k.
I'd really like Anet to find out who's doing this, coz ive worked really hard to get those ectos, and its kinda disgusted me of playing for a while.
Goodbye to my FoW armor
So, whats this all about?
ps: yes, i changed my password etc
I'd really like Anet to find out who's doing this, coz ive worked really hard to get those ectos, and its kinda disgusted me of playing for a while.
Goodbye to my FoW armor
So, whats this all about?
ps: yes, i changed my password etc
enxa
Lucky for me i dont have any ectos.
or not. :|
I hope ANet support can track down your ectos through IP logs and trade logs, if such a thing exists, and return them. Or at least delete them so the hacker doesnt profit.
or not. :|
I hope ANet support can track down your ectos through IP logs and trade logs, if such a thing exists, and return them. Or at least delete them so the hacker doesnt profit.
StormDragonZ
Only thing worth stealing from me are the 250 Bolts of Cloth I have in my storage...
Nonetheless, what is this? A hacker who is good, but sucks at actually doing anything once he's made it in?
Nonetheless, what is this? A hacker who is good, but sucks at actually doing anything once he's made it in?
Hodgie
lol its like breaking into fort knox and only stealing the pens on people desks.
sorry for your loss /manhug 
sorry for your loss
/manhug
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Only thing worth stealing from me are the 250 Bolts of Cloth I have in my storage...
Nonetheless, what is this? A hacker who is good, but sucks at actually doing anything once he's made it in? |
StormDragonZ
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What would you like him to do, also delete all your chars?
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Nonetheless, this hacker seems to only steal Ecto and Dyes. Apparently, someone thinks they're the only thing worth something in Guild Wars.
Inde
2nd report of this in 2 days. Interesting. Only thing that makes it unusual is that people still have access to their accounts. Something to keep an eye on but the response is still the same, report it to Guild Wars support.
Greaterbeing
Hmm sounds like to me that its a hacker that doesnt play guild wars, but has an account.. He got a keylogger onto your comp and happened to see through your keystrokes that you played GW, so he searched on google what was worth alot on GW.. it came up with black dyes and ectos. He goes on your account, puts the dyes and globs onto his account.. BAM Done.
Scan your comp for viruses and keyloggers. Have you downloaded anything from an untrusted website recently?
Scan your comp for viruses and keyloggers. Have you downloaded anything from an untrusted website recently?
TheRaven
Another possibility exists.... made any "friends" lately on vent or thru forums? Someone whom you don't know in real life but seemed friendly on the forum. Someone who PMs you or chats with you on vent.
Someone who has asked for your e-mail address for any number of innocent reasons. They want to send you a cool farming video from youtube. They want to e-mail you their myspace blog. They want to send you a cool screenshot.
Someone who then uses the e-mail address and a password finder to brute force the account.
Someone who has asked for your e-mail address for any number of innocent reasons. They want to send you a cool farming video from youtube. They want to e-mail you their myspace blog. They want to send you a cool screenshot.
Someone who then uses the e-mail address and a password finder to brute force the account.
Sir Pandra Pierva
which is why i use a different email for my account than the one i give out to people
Takeko Nakano
Interesting idea, Raven.
As Inde says, report to ANet support and say this is happening to others. Plus give as much detail as possible.
As Inde says, report to ANet support and say this is happening to others. Plus give as much detail as possible.
N1ghtstalker
i'll watch my acc now
if he goes for ectos even fow armors aren't safe
could it be he went to outposts and tried to sell your account for ingame gold?
cuz mostly i see one selling or buying accounts is just a new guy but i saw a lvl 20 with titles 'n all selling his account wich i reported for spamming but still :/
if he goes for ectos even fow armors aren't safe
could it be he went to outposts and tried to sell your account for ingame gold?
cuz mostly i see one selling or buying accounts is just a new guy but i saw a lvl 20 with titles 'n all selling his account wich i reported for spamming but still :/
Ctb
Sounds more like a glitch than an attack. As others pointed out, if you have access, why steal enough to be obvious but not go ahead and take it all? And if you have so much already that you can't steal it all, why bother attacking anything at all?
cosyfiep
everytime I see one of these threads I get that sickning feeling in the pit of my stomach since they never really DID fix the ncsoft password issues......
but I checked my account and all 2 of my ectos are still in storage along with my 18 plat......
I know of another person who got hacked......recently but he lost everything and after being hassled by 'support' just bought a new account instead.....
ugh....
but I checked my account and all 2 of my ectos are still in storage along with my 18 plat......
I know of another person who got hacked......recently but he lost everything and after being hassled by 'support' just bought a new account instead.....
ugh....
naughteblonde
Thats odd but my guess is that they took the dyes and ectos because they can be quickly sold at a merch for cash as opposed to the weapons which would need to be sold to other players for the cash.
Its not pretty.
Its not pretty.
Snograt
Well done on making a "hacked" thread with a point - most of them are QQ and get shut almost instantly.
Yes, this is a strange series of account thefts. Is it co-incidence, or something more sinister? Bah, into the realms of conspiracy theories now :/
Incidentally, and this is worth mentioning in every account-theft thread - yes, by all means report this to ArenaNet. This will help the community as a whole, but - you won't get your ectos back. Sadly, it can't be done.
Yes, this is a strange series of account thefts. Is it co-incidence, or something more sinister? Bah, into the realms of conspiracy theories now :/
Incidentally, and this is worth mentioning in every account-theft thread - yes, by all means report this to ArenaNet. This will help the community as a whole, but - you won't get your ectos back. Sadly, it can't be done.
aotdsyndrome
So I wont get my ectos back? :'( and this is how you kill the want to play GW...
In any case, as you said, I wont QQ, I'm glad my reporting will at least serve Anet as to help find out what the hell is going on.
In any case, as you said, I wont QQ, I'm glad my reporting will at least serve Anet as to help find out what the hell is going on.
Turbobusa
What I wonder is why, while they are being very active with the RMT policy, they don't see the transfer of (ex: me) 500k in under a day.
hurric
the hacker can't change the password because it redirects you to playNC website and the user/pass for that one is different than your GW login.
BuD
One of my guildies was hacked last night. You could watch the members page & see him logging on & off repeatedly between 2 names. Told him to try to hurry & change his PW & contact support.
Spoke to him this morning, everything was gone, did not delete his toons though, just took everything...armor & all. Told him to change his PW & contact support again & to scan his PC. I aksed him if he downloaded anything for GW lately & he said no, I only use (I wont say it, but its a famous virus ridden p2p program).
Spoke to him this morning, everything was gone, did not delete his toons though, just took everything...armor & all. Told him to change his PW & contact support again & to scan his PC. I aksed him if he downloaded anything for GW lately & he said no, I only use (I wont say it, but its a famous virus ridden p2p program).
Bryant Again
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Well done on making a "hacked" thread with a point - most of them are QQ and get shut almost instantly.
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But yes, this is pretty interesting. I hope it's just a very peculiar coincidence.
Squawkers
Honestly, people need to stop bringing up "it might be a friend". None of us would say to someone else, "Hey my account is --- and password is ---". C'mon. He would know if he "slipped" and told someone else.
Is your account tied into PlayNC? I'm just wondering because a lot of accounts seem to be hacked when they are set up this way as of recently...
As for why he didn't take everything, here's what I think:
This is one guy that has been getting on other's accounts and taking their money and such. The reason he didn't take everything from you is he might believe it will make him less likely to get caught.
Am I right to assume Anet tracks trade logs? Because trading 50k is not as noticeable as trading say 200k worth of stuff or more. Maybe he is trying to not get caught and continue to hack others...
I can't really think of any other reason other than he's trying to not get caught doing this by doing minimal trades.
Is your account tied into PlayNC? I'm just wondering because a lot of accounts seem to be hacked when they are set up this way as of recently...
As for why he didn't take everything, here's what I think:
This is one guy that has been getting on other's accounts and taking their money and such. The reason he didn't take everything from you is he might believe it will make him less likely to get caught.
Am I right to assume Anet tracks trade logs? Because trading 50k is not as noticeable as trading say 200k worth of stuff or more. Maybe he is trying to not get caught and continue to hack others...
I can't really think of any other reason other than he's trying to not get caught doing this by doing minimal trades.
garethporlest18
I wish someone would open up about how the hell this is happening.
Neo Nugget
No ectos and no black dyes on me at all.
Nothing of value at all on my account.
Nothing of value at all on my account.
Thizzle
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Honestly, people need to stop bringing up "it might be a friend". None of us would say to someone else, "Hey my account is --- and password is ---". C'mon. He would know if he "slipped" and told someone else.
Is your account tied into PlayNC? I'm just wondering because a lot of accounts seem to be hacked when they are set up this way as of recently... As for why he didn't take everything, here's what I think: This is one guy that has been getting on other's accounts and taking their money and such. The reason he didn't take everything from you is he might believe it will make him less likely to get caught. Am I right to assume Anet tracks trade logs? Because trading 50k is not as noticeable as trading say 200k worth of stuff or more. Maybe he is trying to not get caught and continue to hack others... I can't really think of any other reason other than he's trying to not get caught doing this by doing minimal trades. |
SurareVaera
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...7&postcount=24
I posted this last night on a similar thread. Seems eerily similar. I've never given my password to anyone. I'm quite confused how someone could have gotten it. I filed a report on support. Only 61 ecto and 23 shards were stolen - rubies, sapphires, onyx, diamonds, dye, cash, items and armor all seem to be unaffected. My theory is that someone has a lot of names and is in a hurry to just gank quick items, like a real life robber would go for laptops, ipods, loose cash etc.
I posted this last night on a similar thread. Seems eerily similar. I've never given my password to anyone. I'm quite confused how someone could have gotten it. I filed a report on support. Only 61 ecto and 23 shards were stolen - rubies, sapphires, onyx, diamonds, dye, cash, items and armor all seem to be unaffected. My theory is that someone has a lot of names and is in a hurry to just gank quick items, like a real life robber would go for laptops, ipods, loose cash etc.
garethporlest18
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http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...7&postcount=24
I posted this last night on a similar thread. Seems eerily similar. I've never given my password to anyone. I'm quite confused how someone could have gotten it. I filed a report on support. |
Risus
Wow this is scary. Good thing I only have worthless dyes and no ecto
Too bad the password guesser won't get mine. I left my comp AFK for a week on vacation w/ a password guesser on my account trying to log in. Came back, no success. As in >10 random # and letters = pwnage
But I have the ultimate solution for people w/ their own computers. Leave your account logged in
Too bad the password guesser won't get mine. I left my comp AFK for a week on vacation w/ a password guesser on my account trying to log in. Came back, no success. As in >10 random # and letters = pwnage
But I have the ultimate solution for people w/ their own computers. Leave your account logged in
El Presidente
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They left everything else it seems (still checking), including 6 maxed armors, a tormented recurve bow, several rare weaps, and 100k.
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MasterSasori
Whoever hacks into mine has gained countless purple dye. Knock yourself out.
Chrono Re delle Ere
Woa ahah funny, now the OP was trying to make a uber beg move into a very populated forum xD And ofc Anet knows if he had ectoes or if he didn't. Could it also be some kind of file that has been posted here on guru? Maybe some mod for texmod, I don't know...
ShadowsRequiem
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So I wont get my ectos back? :'( and this is how you kill the want to play GW...
In any case, as you said, I wont QQ, I'm glad my reporting will at least serve Anet as to help find out what the hell is going on. |
DarkFlame
Op should probably get in touch with Kyosuke(the other one who made a recent account hacked thread) and compare notes on what they have been doing and have in common, if this is really an issue.
Until then, I'm just gonna go on in the belief that some GM removed your RMT'ed gold/ectos/dyes and forgot to add a temp ban to the account.
Until then, I'm just gonna go on in the belief that some GM removed your RMT'ed gold/ectos/dyes and forgot to add a temp ban to the account.
Kyosuke
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Hey all! Whats this new craze in hacking accounts exactly? after turning off Guild Wars at around 4pm GMT+1 today, I come back right now (four hours later), and someone has been on my account, been to Temple of Balth int dis1, and has stolen 48 Ectos and 4 black dyes o_O They left everything else it seems (still checking), including 6 maxed armors, a tormented recurve bow, several rare weaps, and 100k.
I'd really like Anet to find out who's doing this, coz ive worked really hard to get those ectos, and its kinda disgusted me of playing for a while. Goodbye to my FoW armor So, whats this all about? ps: yes, i changed my password etc |
VitisVinifera
ectos and dyes. What do they have in common? They can be stacked. Perhaps stackable items don't have unique id's when they are stacked, thus can't be tracked, thus hacker can't be discovered.
Someone stealing torm weap, rare minis, crysts, etc could probably be followed. Maybe the hackers are getting smart how not to get caught.
Someone stealing torm weap, rare minis, crysts, etc could probably be followed. Maybe the hackers are getting smart how not to get caught.
Kumu Honua
I just wonder how many people who were "Hacked" used to own runescape accounts....
Bowstring Badass
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the hacker can't change the password because it redirects you to playNC website and the user/pass for that one is different than your GW login.
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Which is annoying when you forgot your login info and such.
Witchblade
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But I have the ultimate solution for people w/ their own computers. Leave your account logged in
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If anyone is logging on your account from another comp you'll end up kicked from it
cosyfiep
and that has a tendency to crash my computer as well----
cant leave it on all the time with gw running....if I tried to play after that long of an interval (say I was sleeping) my whole computer would just freeze, the sound and vid cards would freak out and it would end with me pushing the on/off button (this happens sometimes anyways).
so we need to figure out what the victims have in common....so far probably their gw account linked to the dumb ncsoft easy-to-break-into one....and they have ecto and black dye and money......(so that leaves me out).
still gives me a queasy feeling since much of the 'preventative' stuff suggested is a bit late for many....
cant leave it on all the time with gw running....if I tried to play after that long of an interval (say I was sleeping) my whole computer would just freeze, the sound and vid cards would freak out and it would end with me pushing the on/off button (this happens sometimes anyways).
so we need to figure out what the victims have in common....so far probably their gw account linked to the dumb ncsoft easy-to-break-into one....and they have ecto and black dye and money......(so that leaves me out).
still gives me a queasy feeling since much of the 'preventative' stuff suggested is a bit late for many....
Lensor
Just want to say that I was hacked/cracked a few months back. And I can honestly say I to this day don't know how it happened. I really don't care what some people say about "you told a friend, you used bots, you bought gold" because I know those things are not true. I know my internet security is extremely up-to-date and that my internet behavior is not risky (don't visit gold sellers etc.) and that my password was strong and only known to me. To be frank, if I can be hacked, then anyone can.
Hacking gaming accounts is big business, grossing a lot of $$$. So is it so hard to believe that some crackers who do this for a living all day every day are able to stay ahead of the curve? Lets be honest, security holes are often plugged AFTER something happen to alert to their existence. (GG mallyx cheat).
(And yes, my account is linked to PlayNC)
Hacking gaming accounts is big business, grossing a lot of $$$. So is it so hard to believe that some crackers who do this for a living all day every day are able to stay ahead of the curve? Lets be honest, security holes are often plugged AFTER something happen to alert to their existence. (GG mallyx cheat).
(And yes, my account is linked to PlayNC)