Hacked Account -- ANet Will Restore or Not?

Hacked Account -- ANet Will Restore or Not?

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Posted by: NightWish.2419

NightWish.2419

Hello there,

My account was hacked in 26/3/13. Mike O Brian, in his article “How Hackers Steal Accounts” says :
“We have a feature in place, email authentication, that’s designed to help keep your account secure even if a hacker does know your account name and password.
Here’s how it works. When you first login, we ask you to validate your email address. After that, whenever you attempt to login from a new location, we send email asking you to approve or deny the login attempt.
So keep in mind, if you ever see an unexpected email asking you to validate a login attempt from a location where you’re not playing from, that means a hacker already knows your account name and password! The only thing that’s keeping him from logging in as you is the email authentication system! Change your password immediately.”

But i never received in my email somethign about asking authenticating…so how the hacker was even able to login in my account if he was not “authenticated” by me?
I think thats strange isnt it?
I only received 2 emails saying
“Someone -hopefully you!- has requested to change the email address associated with your Guild Wars account.
Need help or have questions about your Guild Wars account? Visit our support site: http://support.guildwars2.com/.
Thanks!

-The ArenaNet Team"

Thats great eh? (“hopefully you!”…and that email is not even asking if i agree or not!!! We just HOPE is you…!)
Also here is the password change email in 25/3/13 afternoon while i was playing GW2 and ofc was not checking my email at that moment.

So the hacker asked for reseting the password…HE DIDNT HAVE THE PASSWORD…as Mike O brian states!!!!

Somebody (hopefully you!) asked to reset the password on your Guild Wars account.
To change your password, click the link below.
https://account.guildwars2.com/reset-password/confirm?s=E316E280-46CD-4DBB-A2D3-D71F04ECB251
If you did not request to reset your password, you can ignore this email and no changes will be made to your account.
Need help or have questions about your Guild Wars account? Visit our support site: http://support.guildwars2.com/.
Thanks!

—The ArenaNet Team"

So as you can see…the email says “IGNORE this email if you didnt ask for reseting your password”. Even if i have seen it i would have ignore it as Anet advices me to do.

But the truth is the hacker didnt know the password…because they asked to reset it and somehow they rested it WITHOUT needing any authentication from me!!!

I wonder if Anet could do something to fix this issue. The hacker has first reseted the password and then changed the email.

Could you do somethign to fix this issue? Because this way authenticating email seems that can be by – passed and not helps our safety.

What you think about this?

At least i hope my account will be fully restored because i lost everything , mycharacters are even totally nude , no armor nothing…I was full exotic, some had cultural armors…loads of expensive materials like ectos etc…

Hacked Account -- ANet Will Restore or Not?

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Posted by: Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

This is a specific case, and cannot be resolved via forums. I encourage you to contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will be able to assist you. If the account was hacked, and if we are able to establish the details of that incident, you may be eligible for an account restoration, as outlined in our FAQ.

For tips on what information to provide in a ticket, please read this post and provide as much as possible to expedite the ticket.

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet