we can call this hacking

Thomadaneau

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Helis Galonia Battaillon Québec

W/Mo

Yesterday.. i tried to login but they were saying my email doesnt exist anymore... i said.. wtf..

i came on gw with another account, and my name was online... i said again.. WTF...

after 24 hours, i received this :

Desolé je comprend que tu soi enervé parcke jai pris ton compte GW , je ne vai pas te le
redonner car il est trop bien (500k de tune GG ^^ ).
Parcontre pour etre sympa avec toi je te file un autre Compte GW le voici (fai en bonne usage et
cette fois si met un mot de passe unik)

login GuildWars: [email protected]
pass GuildWars : xxxx

acces boite mail en elle-meme : linuxmail.org (login: opi)
pass boite mail en elle-meme : xxxx

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je te rajoute avec ceci un petit compte Steam Pour jouer à Ton futu jeu préféré Counter Strike
Source ou encors Condition Zero

login Compte Steam : lethalgoregrinder
pass compte steam : xxxxx

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voila j\'espere que ces 2 comptes pouron te faire oublier ce ke je tes fait a ton compte GW.
aurevoir

Email envoyé grace au site http://www.email-anonyme.fr.st



Those who doent understand french.. its like this:

I know you must be angry at me for stealing your account, it was a nice account with 500k ^^. To lower this frustration, i will give you my account.. he gave me an account (which is working.. level 20 ranger with 7k) and a counter strike account :|.

so.. he hacked me.. sent me an email.. but what can i do... i dont have my cd-key since 6 months cause i dont need the cd to play...

Sidra

Sidra

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

CT

NITE

R/

Another reason to hate the french (jk). Tell A-Net. They can track whose account that was because he was stupid enough to give you the passwords and usernames (and e-mail, for the gw account) and they can log his location possibly through the service provider and/or kill off his access and return it to you, if he hasn't totally trashed it yet.

DeathDealer

DeathDealer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Dark Side of the Moon....and I'm goin' back real soon

Guildless

R/Mo

with all the info he provided, I'd have to agree with the above post...report this and hopefully the outcome will be a justified one....hopefully...

Young Hero

Young Hero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mi

N/Mo

Sounds like the accounts he traded you against your wishes are also hacked.Hit the jackpot with your's so dumped the crapy one off on ya.Man this would drive me insane.

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

._. damn

*hugs*

Maedhros

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Qu??bec, Canada

The Dark Aeon Knights

E/Mo

Actually totally true but...from the language use i could tell its a french from Europe, and i could tell he is a male, is between 15-20 years old... he could also he is surely 14-20 years old but he could have made many mistakes to take him younger and stupider than he is actually... bah thats my info i see in this message...ah yeah he is younger than 18 that probable

[EDIT]haha i speak french true lol...hes a french bastard like you say...but i guess they arent all like him...by his french id say he isn't from québec lol*gogo pour un québec séparatiste et pauvre XD no flame please even if i doubt you know about that québec separating from canada !!*[EDIT]

~Maedhros

Thomadaneau

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Helis Galonia Battaillon Québec

W/Mo

yeah.. i know this.. i speak french :P. but this wont help me .. just think hes a french bastard.. lol

Karmaniac

Karmaniac

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Our mission is now clear. We must invade France.

And yes...damn.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maedhros
Actually totally true but...from the language use i could tell its a french from Europe, and i could tell he is a male, is between 15-20 years old... he could also he is surely 14-20 years old but he could have made many mistakes to take him younger and stupider than he is actually... bah thats my info i see in this message...ah yeah he is younger than 18 that probable

[EDIT]haha i speak french true lol...hes a french bastard like you say...but i guess they arent all like him...by his french id say he isn't from québec lol*gogo pour un québec séparatiste et pauvre XD no flame please even if i doubt you know about that québec separating from canada !!*[EDIT]

~Maedhros
agreed

un beau boulet de jeune ca vu l'ecriture ^^

ForeverGoNe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Freelancing

Thom, have you sent a report yet?

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

a friend of mine got his acc stolen as well.. report this to Anet ..
he got his acc back in 2 days, chars were deleted though, but u ll keep the unlocked stuff (great yeah )

but it looks like u can only ask for a recovery once per acc ...

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

I think by logging in on his account, you've made yourself vulnerable of the next attack. Do not use that account. He can take it back any time he wishes. If you already used it, as you stated, clear it of all items and money (Give that to a friend), delete the characters, and forget it.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

yeah never use a free acc .. this acc can be used to abuse ppl believing they ll use it and then u can take back the whole stuff

if the acc was used for some cheating like bots etc.. it can also be deleted while u r using it

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

Get his ip. and u will get him from there... report him he is stupid for sending u an email gmail logs there ip for me.

Charette

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Ordre des Humanistes

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Karmaniac
Our mission is now clear. We must invade France.
We're waiting for you dude (i will imagine a brand new torture for you : a big swinming pool full of melted Camenbert with bad Basque separatits who will wait for you when you get out ^^)

And yeah that's sad, but reort it and Anet will give it back to you and you have a better chance to recovert everything (as he intend to play with it not to only steal everything)

Rilder

Rilder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mystic Shadow Soldiers (MSS)

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Karmaniac
Our mission is now clear. We must invade France.
I already emailed George Bush about it.....


Quote:
Dear Rilder,

Yes, That person getting his Guild Wars account stolen is bad and we are preparing to take action, the U.N. will be sending inspectors to find out about these French Terrorists, but we can not go to war with them yet, for we are not yet done nuking Iraq, and Iran is on our To-Nuke list, so we will be sending troups into France estimated 2012, these French hackers will pay the price for terrorising our Guild Wars players.

Sincerely,
George W. Bush

P.S. Whats you Guild Wars username, you should join Americas official guild =)

Yea it is terible about what happened...


This is not an actual e-mail from George W. Bush, please don't nuke me.

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

Yes you need to report to ANet about that. They are the only ones that can get your account back without you hacking him. They should be able to help you no problem. That is pretty crappy though. I would hunt that guy down and probably hurt him pretty severly...

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by I pwnd U
I would hunt that guy down and probably hurt him pretty severly...
That is a little over the edge, though. I am sure the starter of this thread must have made him/herself vulnerable for this somehow.
Password must always be a set of random numbers and characters. Never use that very same password anywhere else (Not even in this forum, though vBulletin is very safe with passwords), and never let someone look over your shoulder while you type it, or even let them play on your computer account.

Cade

Cade

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Knights of The Scorched Earth

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Silent Kitty
That is a little over the edge, though. I am sure the starter of this thread must have made him/herself vulnerable for this somehow.
Password must always be a set of random numbers and characters. Never use that very same password anywhere else (Not even in this forum, though vBulletin is very safe with passwords), and never let someone look over your shoulder while you type it, or even let them play on your computer account.
Agreed. Never use your valuable passwords anywhere else, ESPECIALLY a GW password at any site that u put ur GW IGN

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cade
Agreed. Never use your valuable passwords anywhere else, ESPECIALLY a GW password at any site that u put ur GW IGN
I almost forgot. Don't use secondary programs to help you play GW and other games. Secondary programs are botting scripts, and calculating scripts. Many of them have trojans or keyloggers attached. There is maybe more of this, but I'm kind of a noob in this.

OMG Check out my rank!

EF2NYD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Make your passwords secure people. Or stop downloading keyloggers.

Angel Develin

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

hmmmm if he is a hacker who say's its his own acount that has given to you? it could be from another guy that has been hacked.
I dont think that hackers are this stupid, but hey maybe he is the first 1.

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

This is probably a little late but Do not DL anything that is supposed to enhance GW. It's more than likely a trojan or a keylogger. Also I can't stress this enough. Make sure your password is secure. A combination of letters and numbers at least ten characters long with at least one capital and one lowercase letter is about as secure as you can get. Anything else is just asking to be brute forced. The more characters the better. I remember someone gave a formula once for how long it would take a computer working solely on cracking your password to break various password types. Names and words took about 12 hours at ten tries per second allowing for it to find the right word about halfway through it's routine. Random number strings take about a week at ten tries per second. A combination of numbers and letters with one caps and one lowercase could take as long as 100 years at ten tries per second. It's not difficult to figure out which is faster.

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

This is what happens when someone downloads a cheat and it turns out to be a keylogger.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Silent Kitty
That is a little over the edge, though. I am sure the starter of this thread must have made him/herself vulnerable for this somehow.
Password must always be a set of random numbers and characters. Never use that very same password anywhere else (Not even in this forum, though vBulletin is very safe with passwords), and never let someone look over your shoulder while you type it, or even let them play on your computer account.
ONE MORE ITEM

SET UP A SPECIAL SEPARATE EMAIL ACCOUNT (AFTER CLEANING KEYLOGGERS,TROJANS,ETC) FOR YOUR GW ACCOUNT.

USE ALL 15-20 CHARACTERS THAT THEY GIVE YOU FOR THE EMAIL NAME AND FILL IT WITH RANDOM LETTERS/NUMBERS.

MAKE YOUR GW EMAIL A PASSWORD AS WELL.

GO THE WHOLE 16 CHARACTERS GW GIVES YOU FOR YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD.

PUT IT INTO THE SHORTCUT TARGET LINE SO YOU DONT HAVE TO TYPE IT EVERY TIME AND A KEYLOGGER CANT SEE WHAT YOU DONT TYPE

Phrozenflame

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

ok listen up..
u can know from which IP address the email was sent...
now if the guy is a bit of a not n00b hacker,he'll use a proxy or something, if hes like 99% ..wammo kind of hacker..then he hasnt done that, so the ip is in header...mail the ip to the anet guys...tell them to track the ip to accound and bla bla and all...see what happens.

The IP is in the email header...if you can tell me what mail service you are using i might be able to pinpoint you ..else you gotta figure urselv. I can help ifi ts gmail or hotmail.

Also, that guy wont proly give his/her acc, its the other hacked accounts. you should not have logged in with those imo.

ok and a general statement, is not for OP...if you ppl get hacked while trying to d/l cheats/bots etc for any games, then You deserve it :-) ...its like theif stealing from other thief...makes the goods guys happy =]

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

I'm not so sure if you'll get your account back. NCSoft support sucks. They arn't very helpful. Chances are you won't get your account back because it will get deleted. Therefore the hacker wont be able to play and you will be left witht he hacker's account. If the hacker is a true hacker he will be able to get HIS account back therefore you won't have an account and if you go back to NCSoft support telling them that the hacker took back his account, not like they're going to give you a free account.

Now If you do contact NCSoft support, they will most likely ask for proof of purchase. If you ordered online, you most likely printed a reciept and you can send that to them. If you got it from a store, and you actually have the box, you can read them your unique proof of purchase id number on your box in conjunction with your cd key. But again, like I said, chances are you wont be getting an account. I would also suggest that you roll back your computer about a week or so to be safe then run ad/spyware remover programs. Spydoctor is a good program . Hope that helped.

-Tsunami

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

thats why you try not to piss people off. Play with henchies and guildies only and dont brag about your money

crazy diamond

crazy diamond

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockster
This is what happens when someone downloads a cheat and it turns out to be a keylogger.
Agreed. Personally, I have a hard time believing that anyone could be hacked without doing something to induce it, be that carelessness with their e-mail/password, or trying to cheat.


Quote:
Originally Posted by MMSDome
thats why you try not to piss people off. Play with henchies and guildies only and dont brag about your money
Actually, I have a good laugh eveytime someone in-game threatens that they're going to hack me for whatever stupid reason. They always claim to know somebody, be it a hacker, a beta player, or a game developer from ANet. Probably gotten about two dozen "I will hack you" threats since beta. Still have all of my accounts.

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MMSDome
thats why you try not to piss people off. Play with henchies and guildies only and dont brag about your money
Thats very limited...isn't it.

J3mo

J3mo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

NL

Please contact the Administrator if your date of birth has changed.

Mo/

There's 1 thing i don't get, he's using your account now right ?
And you got his account.
But if you hack an account its stays on the email of the guy which it belongs to, thus making him un-able to keep your account.
You can change the email once you are logged in, but still both have to accept it (you and the hacker) (through an auto-email)

... ^.^

Across The Battle

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

Jersey

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by J3mo
There's 1 thing i don't get, he's using your account now right ?
And you got his account.
But if you hack an account its stays on the email of the guy which it belongs to, thus making him un-able to keep your account.
You can change the email once you are logged in, but still both have to accept it (you and the hacker) (through an auto-email)

... ^.^
That is correct I believe...im sure all of his stuff is gone though...but at least he can have the remains of his account..

imsystem

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

northern cal

this happend to me
my account is registerd with plaync.com not from ingame so they hacked my plaync account and changed my info
i submited a report to anet about it they asked me a few questions to verify the account was mine then they reset the password for me
they didnt delete my charactors but they salvaged all my armors and clear my invintorys

funniest part was they guy put his real adress and phone number in the new info i called him and he bragged about stealing my account so i reported his ip to his isp for hacking
im not sure how he got my info the only program i used was gwfreaks and its on this website so i thought it would be ok but after this im not sure
you see i updated gwfreaks then the next night my account was hacked

so yes submit a ticket to support jump through the hoops you may get lucky and the hacker is using your account still and not just clearing it out

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

Thanks guys, now i'm gonna be even more paranoid than ever.

Bahumhat

Bahumhat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere

C A K E[YuM]

@ OP:Cela suce le type, l'espoir vous trouvez le gars qui l'a fait <-- Free online translator ftw!

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

Tell support to track the IP that logs into your acct. also send them the ip from the email. If they match he is probably a moron and just got caught.

Crispie

Crispie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Michigan

Lords of the Dead

Mo/

Tell Gaile, she can do anything 8)

d3kst3r

d3kst3r

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Brisbane, Australia

Sacre bleu! This is why you should use a Firewall and never accept MSN attachments.

Alcazanar

Alcazanar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Cavalon (swe)

Desert Flame [DF]

W/N

LOL

but have you tried reporting it?

Burton2000

Burton2000

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A cardboard box in England

Men Of Substance [YMCA]

Mo/Me

I dont see why he can't get his acount back himself because you can just use forgot my password thing.It resets your password for you and sends it to your email.And for him to change the email on it you need to accept it on your old email account and the new one which he cant do unless he has acess to your email acount as well...