account security
Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:44 pm
I have two accounts. My crafter is set up on my 2nd account and has been co-owner of my house. My house has been set to public for some time now.
Just so ya know...I believe this account was hacked into. I have no other co-owners assigned. Only one other account friended, and that is my 11 year old son who has not been on in several days
I had not been on my 2nd account for several days. Today, while I was playing my main account, my dexxer we all know and love...I had been hunting and running to town on errands..yadda. I had been in and out of my house many times. Coming back from the bank, the doors were locked to my house and the sign changed. I understand that in order to do that you need to be at least a co-owner. I had not been gone that terribly long.
After initial shock and IRC chat with Mal...i booted my 2nd account off as co-owner, changed the locks and set to private. Then entered to inspect the house. All remained as it had been, as far as i could tell. I exhaled
I pm'd Derrick and sent a "help" request in through the ingame help. Still waiting on a reply.
I'm having difficulty changing passwords ingame. For some reason it says that the "passwords don't match" when i type it in a second time using the format given.
Mal suggests that it's an ingame griefer...maybe someone I've upset. I don't know. If you can upset someone by letting them kill you, i guess then that could be it. But I don't pvp outside of our group hunts, I don't steal, I don't do much of anything with anyone else outside of guildies
Fortunately, my crafter toon has almost nothing on him or in his bank, which was untouched as well...just a bit of gold and crafting stuff.
I'm currently waiting on help in game in order to change my account info. I can't get the in game system to work...suppose I'm doing something wrong, but that's unsettling. I have both accounts logged in and won't log them off until i can change account info!
My advise to you is to change your passwords regularly. I plan to start, if I can ever figure out how!
I'll update as soon as the issue has been resolved.
Just so ya know...I believe this account was hacked into. I have no other co-owners assigned. Only one other account friended, and that is my 11 year old son who has not been on in several days
I had not been on my 2nd account for several days. Today, while I was playing my main account, my dexxer we all know and love...I had been hunting and running to town on errands..yadda. I had been in and out of my house many times. Coming back from the bank, the doors were locked to my house and the sign changed. I understand that in order to do that you need to be at least a co-owner. I had not been gone that terribly long.
After initial shock and IRC chat with Mal...i booted my 2nd account off as co-owner, changed the locks and set to private. Then entered to inspect the house. All remained as it had been, as far as i could tell. I exhaled
I pm'd Derrick and sent a "help" request in through the ingame help. Still waiting on a reply.
I'm having difficulty changing passwords ingame. For some reason it says that the "passwords don't match" when i type it in a second time using the format given.
Mal suggests that it's an ingame griefer...maybe someone I've upset. I don't know. If you can upset someone by letting them kill you, i guess then that could be it. But I don't pvp outside of our group hunts, I don't steal, I don't do much of anything with anyone else outside of guildies
Fortunately, my crafter toon has almost nothing on him or in his bank, which was untouched as well...just a bit of gold and crafting stuff.
I'm currently waiting on help in game in order to change my account info. I can't get the in game system to work...suppose I'm doing something wrong, but that's unsettling. I have both accounts logged in and won't log them off until i can change account info!
My advise to you is to change your passwords regularly. I plan to start, if I can ever figure out how!
I'll update as soon as the issue has been resolved.