Comments on: WoW Authenticators and Hacking

By: Pooky

Pooky — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:05:35 +0000

I tried to call blizz about this problem…. it’s been telling me all day that their hold queue is full and to try back later… I’d rather hold for 3 hours then keep trying to call..

this sux

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:39:18 +0000

I had to call Blizzard and prove the account was mine. That is your best bet.

By: charlie

charlie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:27:03 +0000

i had the same problem my account was hacked because i stopped playing wow for like a month and when i tried to log on it asked for the authenticator code any ideas on how i can get it back

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:36:43 +0000

That could be it for sure. I’ll have to check the original account. Now if they will just unban me!

By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green

Brian 'Psychochild' Green — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:03:20 +0000

When this happened to me, it was because the email account I used was not secured. I'm pretty sure it went like this: someone broke into my hotmail account I use as a throwaway address, probably searched for WoW info, and found one of the old CS emails I had there. WoW's CS emails helpfully give your account name, so they just reset my password and got access. I'd double-check the email account of record you have with WoW. Change the password to something more secure. Hope this helps.

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:16:02 +0000

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By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:44:44 +0000

I did log in last night. None of my gear was missing but I didn’t have any money. It might be in the vault, I didn’t check (not really concerned with currency). According to my friend they actually went out and got a few achievements for me. I believe the account was sold to someone. At any rate, they’ve lost it now.

I’m still interested to know how they got my account data though. The usual cries of “it was the player” just don’t apply here.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:20:59 +0000

Wow, this is really something. I’m really intrigued to know how they’d go about getting your information unless they were to brute force your password after getting the account email some other way. Have you logged into that one at all? I’m also surprised they’d put an authenticator on the account. That’s a tricky hacker. It makes me wonder if they weren’t planning on keeping your account for some reason, maybe as a gold mule.