Account hacked/ suspended

#0 - March 4, 2010, 7:01 a.m.
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hi
i am on a trial account at the moment because my main account got hacked/suspended
i was on my hunter kkthxbai in ICC, on thaurissan server around 2050-2110 svt, when i got disconnected, when i tried to log on , it said details given was wrong/invalid, when i tried to log on to my battlenet account, it said email given not in used. about 15 min later, i receive 2 emails from blizz, one stating that i have requested a change of password and another stated that i receive 72 hr ban for exploiting wow economy by trading wow gold for real life money.

for the first email, i couldnt have requested for a change in password because i was stuck in log in page on my battlenet /wow account as my passwords/email given was invalid
for the economy exploit, i do not purchase/sell wow gold unless doing gdkp runs are considered exploits( i'm not running the gdkp runs and i did not ninja anything)

if the "economy exploit" occurred after i dc'ed, could i recover my game time and get my suspension lifted as soon as possible, if it its something i did before then, could i get a more detailed explanation of what i have done wrong unintentionally?

i tried calling blizzard from Singapore using the 1800-328-8881 hot line but no operator was available, the other number 80025499273 is not in used, when i called +65 6388 8881, they referred me to the 1800 number listed above.

i received another email at 0300am gmt+8 from blizzard, stating i requested yet another change of password today. i have email blizzard and open a gm ticket using this trial account in game, both are still waiting for a response.

sorry if i posted in the wrong forum and for any grammatical mistakes
#4 - March 4, 2010, 7:18 a.m.
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Q u o t e:
thanks for the fast reply
yea i still have access to my bnet account, i have also emailed them regarding this



Excellent, sounds like you've made a good start.

Finding the source of this is vital, however - to it not happening again. Trust me, if they CAN get back in, they WILL be back for a second bite.

This sticky may prove useful.


Computer Security Recommendations
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1778038509&sid=1

You may also wish to look into an authenticator if you haven't already done so.


Blizzard Store
http://us.blizzard.com/store/brow@%@#@ml?f=c:6

Mobile Authenticator
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=26109
#12 - March 4, 2010, 2:13 p.m.
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just realized i never type in my password to log in for wow, always copy and paste from notepad, can key loggers steal my password from copy and pasting?


Indeed they can.

Once upon a time that was a pretty good way to defeat a keylogger, but that was years past.