Blizzard Authenticator Sold out... come on!

#0 - July 8, 2010, 9:28 p.m.
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When will this become more available? My account was hacked and I am still in the process of getting it back, and I would really like to get one of these for myself but I would rather not have to buy a new cell phone to do it.


That seems a bit unreasonable. So what is going on with the blizzard store and that?
#3 - July 8, 2010, 9:40 p.m.
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When will this become more available? My account was hacked and I am still in the process of getting it back, and I would really like to get one of these for myself but I would rather not have to buy a new cell phone to do it.


That seems a bit unreasonable. So what is going on with the blizzard store and that?


Purchasing a brand new phone for the express purpose of acquiring a Mobile Authenticator is a bit extreme, yes. We do not manufacture the Blizzard Authenticator tokens, and must acquire them from a third party source. Nonetheless, we hope to make more Blizzard Authenticator tokens available on the Blizzard Store soon (not Soonâ„¢), though I do not have a precise ETA regarding exactly when.

In the meantime, security awareness is a good thing, and you might want to check out the sticky we've created on the subject:

Account Hacked? Security Issue? Look Here!
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24702231244&sid=1
#15 - July 9, 2010, 1:40 a.m.
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able to get into both...weird, how'd i get the core hound pup? unless GM was quick on the ball about DCing it.
Now if I could just get an answer about hopefully some gear replaced i could go run a heroic or two :/


They sometimes remove them, themselves. The pup will stick around for a bit - but it should disappear on it's own when the authenticator is removed.
#17 - July 9, 2010, 1:54 a.m.
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The weird thing is, yesterday before my accnt got locked down by a gm, he was able to kick me out of my own accnt, and it didn't ask for an authenticator then either. And i'd already completely changed my pass, but I can't find any keyloggers, unless he found a way to my email. changed that pass too.
Just extremely aggravating, and my cell's so ancient that there's no way I could get that authenticator lol.
hell, been gone for a year, just came back, never even heard of em until this happened.


If they got into your email, check and make sure they didn't put an auto-forward in it. Those can sometimes be well-hidden and are often overlooked.
#19 - July 9, 2010, 2:11 a.m.
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if it's posted somewhere else on here, could I get a link to the instructions on how to check that?
And if there isn't...errr...how do I check for that ^.^
Which might make sense, I never recieved anything else today besides "how was our customer service" survey, but nothing saying my accnt was unlocked.
Which it is. since I'm obviously posting again :/


The forums don't require an authenticator.

If you can login game or Account Management without one, it's been removed.