5 Things you Should Do if Your Warcraft Account is Hacked.

By Paul Rone-Clarke

Hacking season is upon us. What with he Christmas holidays just past and people perhaps being excited about the forthcoming expansion, the hackers have been having a field day. Many accounts have been lost.

One popular scam is the "Cataclysm Alpha" scam. Where you might be contacted to join the Alpha testing for the upcoming expansion. Of course, they want your password and other account details. Before you know it you have lost access to your account, and in all likelihood it has been ransacked for all the decent items you have, and sold on

There are now several sites looking just like the official Warcraft Armory. (Check the URL). They send you an email. The tag says Warcraft Armory, so you click it. It looks exactly like the armory on site. You sign up for some bogus "special offer" (often a pet or mount). And again, they have your account.

If this happens to you, what steps can you take?

First, unless they have secured your account with an authenticator, you should be able to get your password back - even if it has been changed - through Blizzards password retrieval form

If you are successful, then change your account password again, and the contact e-mail if you can. Choose something very obscure. Mix upper and lower case letters and numbers. Use whatever special characters you can.

If this is a new scam, one you have not heard of, then do everyone a favour and post on the Warcraft forums. Let others know the details. Be that hero!

Get in touch with Blizzard. E-mail Blizzard technical support ASAP. You will have a step advantage when it comes to proving the account is actually yours.

Finally, consider getting an authenticator yourself. So far no account with these devices has been reported as lost or hacked. It's an extra one off cost, but if (like me) you've ever lost an account, you'll know how valuable it seems.

Don't forget your guild mates. As you read this the hacker is at your guild bank emptying it into his backpack. Ruining your reputation with your guild - so go to your guild forum and get an e-mail address of a guild mate. Ask someone else you know to post on chat on your server. Anything. Let your guild mates know, otherwise they may well assume you have stolen from the guild bank, and you may not be welcome back.

This is an avoidable problem. Look after your account, secure your guild. Consider getting extra security.

Good Luck. - 30431

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