I just got hacked?

Cloak Jumper

Cloak Jumper

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Parliament of Shadows

W/Rt

Hi,
I play guild wars for around 3 years now and i've never been hacked before in guild wars or any other game or forum ive been on.. there was no way anyone could have known my password. was this some bad-ass hacker?
i logged in yesterday and there wasn't a problem.
i just logged in 20 mins ago and noticed my main character was in kamadan even though i always log out @ guild hall. a few moments later i realised all my money was gone from the storage.. around 600k
the weird thing is.. nothing else happened. my armor still remains, so did my characters survived and even a black dye + a few ecto's in the chest remained.
is there any way for anet to see what IP was on my account? or won't they even bother with this problem?
if it's worth a shot. should i try mailing anet?
owell thanks in advance

headlesshobbs

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

I really think Anet needs to start logging in other ip's in order to keep tabs like this, see this way we can keep whoever performed this action barred permanently.

Change your pw and send a support ticket.

pinguinius

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by headlesshobbs View Post
I really think Anet needs to start logging in other ip's in order to keep tabs like this, see this way we can keep whoever performed this action barred permanently.

Change your pw and send a support ticket.
Yes, ANet should spend money to not only log the IPs of all their players, but also "keep tabs" on where people log in to their accounts, all because some people are flabbergasted to find out that the friends they gave their password to are actually pretty dickish.

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

i wonder if theres a method of hacking accounts that doesnt require username/password.
like a tool of some kind that can intercept packets of other users

go cubs

go cubs

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

Chicago

[SIR]

D/

well that sorta happend to me....No one knows my password...no one can....and i logged on and it was on a dif char to begin with....i was like thats weird.....so i logged on that char but i was only missing all my money in my inventory but none anywhere else....it was like 30k so NBD but i was a little freaked and changed my pass anyway..

Back then

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

most people get "hacked" by people they know. They let guild mates or friends know their e-mail address or even let them log into their account, then the person they gave out info goes in and steals stuff a few weeks/months later.

Tullzinski

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cloak Jumper View Post
or won't they even bother with this problem?
Not unless this is a sudden rash of hacking.

Dont Nerf The Perma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

A/D

Your password might be weak. My old password was my dog's name and i got hacked but thankfully they only took my money just like you. I've changed my password to something a bit less predictable.

Ebony Shadowheart

Ebony Shadowheart

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

USA

SSW

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Back then View Post
They let guild mates or friends know their e-mail address
Apparently you never send (or receive emails)? Or did you go out and specifically make a brand new email, that you don't use...ever, just so you could create a GW account?

Of course people use their damn email accounts for sending mail, and yeah they probably send mail to their friends/guildies too. Close nit guilds do that. Is sort of the natural way to communicate these days.

Elephantaliste

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

adblockplus.or

you are using same password everywhere, GW forums, GW auction websites.. are bad places to have passwords similar to your guildwars account one.

-rightuos-

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ebony Shadowheart View Post
Apparently you never send (or receive emails)? Or did you go out and specifically make a brand new email, that you don't use...ever, just so you could create a GW account?

Of course people use their damn email accounts for sending mail, and yeah they probably send mail to their friends/guildies too. Close nit guilds do that. Is sort of the natural way to communicate these days.
Should really have a few e-mail addresses... It's not too hard to sign up a Gmail account if you wanna talk to guildies without compromising your log in e-mail.

Kerwyn Nasilan

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

There is no such thing as an unhackable password

notskorn

notskorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Clan Roxor

W/E

You probably have a virus bro

Sun Fired Blank

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2007

It's worth trying, but your security is your responsibility.

Read this on security, run this to download anti-malware software, go here to ask for support on your issue.