I was hacked when patch 3.2 came out. When I updated my addons from curse.com about a day later I was hacked. Oddly enough my friend, who updated his add-ons at the same time, also was hacked (and we didn't share info or pc's). I remember alot of people got hacked around that time. I could not find anything on my PC nor could he on his. Ran several different programs to check for key loggers, Trojan, etc. Just to be safe after getting everything back we both did a complete format and reinstall of everything.
I now have an Authenticator. I did get everything back as did he. In fact we both ended up with several stacks of tradeskill items (ore, herbs, eternals, etc).
Blizzard Launches New Account Recovery Page
New process should make reporting a comprised account a bit easier.
It could happen to you. It could happen to your guildmates. Everyone has heard the horror stories about a WoW account being compromised. Your password doesn't work. Your gold is gone. Your items have vanished. What do you do? Well, now you head straight to Blizzard's new Account Recovery page from a secure computer and hopefully solve the problem without the need to call the Billing and Account Services department!
So how does it work? If your account has been hacked, head over to the Account Recovery page, answer some questions only you should know the answer to, and Blizzard with automatically reset your password via e-mail and submit a ticket to start an investigation. Hopefully, this will drastically speed up the process of restoring your account to its former glory.
So, what are your thoughts on this new system? Also, do you have an authenticator to protect your account?
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