D3/Warcraft/any battle.net users

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  1. bixs

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    FAQ:
    http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/important-security-update-faq

    http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2879-Important-Security-Update

     
  2. longfury

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    Yeah, I changed my password this morning.

    Just goes to show that no system is safe given enough time and determination.
     
  3. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

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    glad i stopped playing that terrible game over 2 months ago. I continually got fraud alerts and account suspensions from blizzard, even after not playing for over a month. It amazes me that a business tied in with so much financial data gets hacked on a weekly basis.
     
  4. bixs

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    I've been part of battle.net for years and can't recall the last time they got hacked.. They have been the target of millions of spam/phishing scams. Blizzard doesn't send a lot of emails. Even for the betas they recommend you log in to check, not to use emails as alerts.
     
  5. superdoughboy4

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    Same for me. Never heard anything about themselves getting hacked like Sony. :keke
    It was probably brought on more with the RMAH than anything else. Just a way for Blizzard to have fucked themselves in the ass by partnering with Activision.
     
  6. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

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    i can show you multiple emails i got...i think i even sent some out to people on this board laughing at how ludicrous a job blizzard is doing at managing this
     
  7. superdoughboy4

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    Are you talking about the plenty of spoofed spam emails from "blizzard.com" pertaining to WoW and any and all "Beta" requests?
     
  8. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

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    what?!?!??! You mean there are fake blizzard emails?

    No fucking wonder my viagra hasn't arrived, and here i was wondering how all these companies knew I have such a small dick...
     
  9. bixs

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    Yea dude, i think you got your companies mixed up and are just getting fake emails.

    Repeated because I know you love it.
     
  10. Matt

    Matt Think before you post
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    It's your little feet, dude...
     
  11. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

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    don't forget my little socks...oh wait.

    I'm too lazy to upload pictures, so here's a screen shot. Pretty sure I know what this little picture box i stare at for 10 hours is for (porn)

    https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1qiT3iKdpMlY1VVc3EzUXk2WDg

    https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1qiT3iKdpMldHBrX3lYZ2VBMFE

    If the game had more of an appeal, I probably wouldn't care as much...i guess i'm getting out of the gamer phase, though, i'd rather try and play this goddamn impossible guitar

    edit - in the original 'Fuck Diablo III' document, i tried expanding the email so you could see where they continually emailed me the same fucking thing over and over. Only let me crop up to 8.5x11

    edit 2 - i can't believe i just took the few minutes to justify this...
     
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  12. Matt

    Matt Think before you post
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    I think they were referring to Blizzard as a whole, not an account here and there.
     
  13. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

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    came from original starcraft (fuck subscription based games) to D III. Can't speak for the WoW side of things, but I would rate my overall experience with Blizzard as a whole at zero stars.

    edit - fyi, those account notifications and stuff came after almost a month of inactivity.
     
  14. superdoughboy4

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    Yeah. Blizzard and Valve both blow chunks when it comes to their support side of their business. Absolutely the worst when it comes to how long it takes to get a response whenever you need help with something.
     
  15. bixs

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    I've never had an account compromised Drew, so I apologize if I seem to be overdefending.

    I'm a wow addict at heart, I have seen many people lose accounts, but all based on viruses they got :-/ It's possible, I do trust your opinion more than 99.99999% of people so I'll actually be marking this as a strike against bliz.

    The support probably depends on who you get like most companies, I've only seen them quickly returned hacked accounts and entire guilds/guild banks on WoW. They do have more than 15million+ battle.net accounts to keep account of so they may be slipping. Of course, most of that was before Activision so who knows. I may just be thinking of an era of bliz that I used to play in.
     
  16. bixs

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    I do also want to say that I've seen very legit looking emails that didn't pan out about my "hacked account" until I looked at email headers (not what you'll see in those emails) and checked my account.

    I switched my gaming philosophy from "utter domination" to playing once or twice a week for an hour total literally, so I hear ya.
     
  17. Trancetto

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    Did you try calling them?? It's pretty fast...


    As for all the emails from Blizz, I get those all the time. Like already stated, most if not all are just spam emails from a 3rd party.
     
  18. superdoughboy4

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    Nah. It's the 21st Century. What is this "calling" you speak of?
     

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