Unauthorized log in attempt!

#1 - Sept. 4, 2012, 4:45 p.m.
Blizzard Post

So I received an email stating that my account was trying to be accessed by this person:

Address: 110.124.165.42
City: Beijing
Region: 22
Country: CN

It asked me to authorize but I ignored the email. Consequently I changed my personal login username(email) to my work mail which is more secure and also changed my password.

Does this authorization email mean that the person ‘knew’ my password or was he merely attempting to try and crack it? I usually have passwords that contain random letters and numbers so it would be difficult to just ‘guess’ it. Or does it seem that these hackers have access to ANets database?

Also had this happen to my cousin, which he also received an email saying someone from Beijing tried to access his account. What’s the correct thing to do here?

Thanks!

SP

#4 - Sept. 4, 2012, 5:28 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Please read the daily update from Mike O’Brien, ArenaNet President, on the Guild Wars Wiki. You’ll find out that would-be hackers are doing this to try to find accounts to steal using credentials they stole from other games or sites.

Link: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_status_updates/Archive_1