Q: Hacked account reset & password change
just today i found out that my accound was hacked, my accound was lock and when i unlock my accound, i log in the game and all my jams and gold was gone and the person who hacked me sell all my armor… ive been busy these days so i dont login much, last time i log in was find and it was 8/18th please i need help about my accound
You should create a support ticket. Anet a usually fairly fast at doing these things. Just make sure, if it’s reset, that you get the password changed at the same time.. if not before… then you shouldn’t find yourself in my friends position…
Q: Hacked account reset & password change
in Account & Technical Support
Posted by: SandraSolace.7682
As far as I know they only do one rollback after getting hacked.
I would have though, as part of a rollback, that they would have reset the password at the same time. It seems this didn’t happen, and the hackers took advantage of this.
If she had reset her password to her old one, I’d say, well.. bad choice, but as she could change it, and submitted a ticket about being unable to change… I’d think a rollback, now that she can protect her account would be warrented?
ArenaNet Communications Manager
In cases of an account compromise, we absolutely do reset the password and send it to the player. That is part of the account restoration process. If someone is hacked a second time, there are far more serious issues going on than simply those related to a game account. Meaning, that this individual’s email account is most likely compromised and perhaps other things as well.
We will not restore an account a second time because at the point an account is re-hacked, we have no confidence that it will be secured, and we will not “feed” RMTs and account hackers by generating new items and currency for them to steal on a treadmill of hack/strip/restore/hack/strip…
I am sorry for your friend, but I certainly understand why the policy is what it is. And she should take steps to secure ALL her personal information.
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Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet