Q: Hacked account reset & password change

#1 - Aug. 20, 2013, 9:11 p.m.
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Hi,
A friend of mine was recently hacked and lost all her Items / armor / gold.
I though she had been hacked, even before she told me, as she was logged in at a time when she would normally be sounds asleep (different time zones).
She sent in a tickets, and did get her account reset, BUT she logged in with her old password and found that she couldn’t change it. She sent in a ticket about that, but, in the mean time, the hacker struck again and she lost her stuff again. I don’t even think she had that much stuff. She mainly WvWs. I do know she had 4 set’s of exo armor- one T3 Human armor and another with Profain skin? (Gem armor).
She waiting till she could change her password, then asked for a reset now she can protect the account, but she is told that only one reset is allowed?

I think she is disheartened enough to stop playing.. and that would be a real shame in my eyes. Is there someway this can be reviewed?

(I am lacking some details.. but I’m just trying to help a friend in the game…)

#6 - Aug. 22, 2013, 1:31 p.m.
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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 hacked 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.