Curse

Shadowfox1125 · Apr 30, 2008, 06:01 AM // 06:01

I'm surprised that you still have money, armors, and weapons left.. You had your ectos taken but 50k was left? Don't you think the hacker would have taken the 50k and bought more ectos or something if he didn't want to go over the 100k limit?

I'm just a bit skeptical for some reason.

But anyways, it's heartbreaking, but we can't do much for you. Sorry and good luck. You have my sympathy.

Kumu Honua · Apr 30, 2008, 06:09 AM // 06:09

At this point, the only conclusion I can draw is that you were too tired/drunk last night to remember buying an item for 100K+36e last night.

A hacker would have taken everything, deleted your character, and changed your details so that you wouldn't even know the extent of your losses.

That is if there really is no possibility that you have given out your information either accidentally or purposefully.

Happen to have any new Cave Spiders or anything you can't explain?...

obsidian ectoplasm · Apr 30, 2008, 06:10 AM // 06:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peachie

At least you still have access to the account. Change the password...

Nobody here can do anything for you.

Yeah man you're actually lucky in a way....when my account was lost I lost EVERYTHING I didn't even get the account back...

all i can do is wish you luck.

SurareVaera · Apr 30, 2008, 06:20 AM // 06:20

Something similar happened to me today. I got kicked from game while in town (just thought it was a common internet disconnect), when i logged on later, I noticed that all my ecto and shards were gone, and that my assassin was highlighted in great temple of balthazar (I don't go there except with my main character). Though it was a pretty big hassle to figure out, I finally changed my password through plaync. While I'm thankful I didn't lose my characters (or oddly any cash, rubies, sapphires, dye, etc.), I can't figure out how it happened as I only play with a handful of people, and I created a guild for just me and my brother's account. Somewhat baffled, but losing ~300k in ecto & shards probably isn't as bad as it could have been. I certainly hope plaync is secure after all the trouble I went through changing things.

Age · Apr 30, 2008, 06:25 AM // 06:25

I concur with most others here as it is someone that knows you.I know someone who had their account hacked twice and took everything and deleted all chars he had like 4 ascended chars.This did happen twice to him and did you download anything music or such then not clean out your system out later.

I guarantee you a true hacker would of left nothing behind all you would of seen is blank char slots where your char were.

Lady Lozza · Apr 30, 2008, 06:28 AM // 06:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fril Estelin

I never heard of that. Do you have a link talking about this hack?

Linky link

Next time I'll try not to remember something so obscure it takes me so long to find.

If you read it the link does basically say that a fix was underway, but I've been rather paranoid about it since. There were mass L2 account thefts around the same time - I remember my friends complaining about that. It was a huge mess, NCSoft subscribers were not happy.

zwei2stein · Apr 30, 2008, 06:42 AM // 06:42

Why do people think that hackers are too stupid to delete stuff they cant sell? People who have gripe and wanna grief ... yes. But someone who's in for profit?

Its like killing milking cow. Deleting everything makes people usually just quit or report to authorities. It's better to leave account in playable state and ... ehm ... make visit later.

I just don't get it ... deleting does not help anything.

xshadowwolfx · Apr 30, 2008, 06:47 AM // 06:47

Yea but why leave the 50k then? Maybe its not a hacker and dunno have you told anyone about your account password?

jrk247 · Apr 30, 2008, 06:54 AM // 06:54

I like how the OP knows it was a hacker and not someone else, yet they don't...

StormDragonZ · Apr 30, 2008, 06:57 AM // 06:57

I'd take this thread seriously if the thread title didn't have so many exclamation marks.

Nonetheless, if you got an older brother or sister, blame them. Otherwise, you need to make sure to change that password often.

Longasc · Apr 30, 2008, 07:06 AM // 07:06

Look among your best friends you share your account with and you have the "hacker". 90%+ chance. :>

Horus · Apr 30, 2008, 07:16 AM // 07:16

if it will make you feel better...

I got my account hacked once too, but i wasn't as lucky as you were:

all my armors were salvaged(materials sold): means i was practicaly unavailible to do anyting, since i died in no time without armot.
all my weapons were sold/taken away from my account: perfect req8 zodiac bow(most expensive one of those), all my ele staves, all other ranger bows, and everything else i had on my account.
all cash stolen: probably reason why i got hacked - money i had

i wsn't really rich, but still had enough to play without worrying about money.
my account was like new, but had lvl20 characters on it(just clean lvl20 characters).

so yeh, think about it from the other side - it could have been worse

maybe even all characters deleted

otherwise yeh, noone here can really do anythign for you. except for morale support

~Horus

Surena · Apr 30, 2008, 07:48 AM // 07:48

Well, NCSoft might get hacked or burned down, nuked by Chinese military men, but you should always use/create an e-mail address solely for your game Accounts and for no other purpose, and then create a password you'll never use anywhere else.

Then some basic computer protection (router/firewall, safe surfing), less warez and a love life.

Oh, and try not to get emotional about virtual characters.

Turbobusa · Apr 30, 2008, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Mine was hacked 2 weeks ago. 500k, r10 mursaat hammer, some ectos (50 iirc), perfect sephis axe (I know it isn't worth much now, ut i got it from prophecies back when it was worth a lot...).

Am I crying? no because I know it's a game.
Sad, yes, but really, get over it.

Surena · Apr 30, 2008, 07:56 AM // 07:56

I should have a r9 sephis axe in the storage. You can have it if it is there. I'll check after work. ;]

~ Dan ~ · Apr 30, 2008, 07:56 AM // 07:56

Posting this on guru gets you nowhere - there's nothing we can do.

+1

Darkobra · Apr 30, 2008, 07:58 AM // 07:58

Did you at least scan your computer for keyloggers, trojans, viruses of any sort before changing the password?

xPIMPx · Apr 30, 2008, 08:13 AM // 08:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alleji

What kind of hacker would leave you 50k?

Thats what I thought, and reporting it won't do anything about your lost items.

gone · Apr 30, 2008, 08:23 AM // 08:23

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10281974
peace.

Queenie · Apr 30, 2008, 08:41 AM // 08:41

If you were 'hacked' wouldn't the hacker delete everything and take ALL your gold/ecto and possibly delete characters? Just find it odd a 'hacker' would only take 100k+ecto. O_o;