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Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:31 ]
Post subject:  My STEAM account has been hacked
someone help, my steam account has been hacked what do I do?
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:37 ]
Post subject:  Re: My STEAM account has been hacked
I had to send in a photo of my HL1 CD waaaaaay back. Dunno if that's still the case since accounts don't require keys on registration...

Update: Apparently it's still the case!

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -QDFN-4366
Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:39 ]
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It's been hacked, I'm not online, someone else is. I can't get into my gmail account either
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:39 ]
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Oh man! I'm so gonna talk to not you! :-D

He/she/it is offline now. :-(
But I so wanted to talk to "anna's rack"...

P.S. Don't worry, surprisingly enough hijacked account cases are solved quite quickly. I had my account back like the next day.
Author:  sebas [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:42 ]
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was asked to write on some .tk forum :(
Author:  sebas [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:44 ]
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crap, birdie's been hacked as well now :(

[SpA] Vögelchen: Видал что про тебя написали на форуме?? http://BLABLABLABLA.tk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17 :DD
Я пацтулом хДД Отпишись когда посмотриш))
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:45 ]
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Vögelchen was hacked too - just messaged me with the .tk URL - in RUSSIAN. :-D

Isn't this like the second time Vögelchen has been hacked? What does he have for a password? "me"? :-P

Update: Dayum, you posted before me. Anyways, since I'm totally confident in my ability to not be hacked on the Internet (despite my confidence having been undermined many times ;-) I visited the site in question and it's the usual bullshit - a fake copy of the Steam Community login site.
Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:46 ]
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No. it asks you to sign into the steam community and that's how it gets into your account
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:52 ]
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Yeah - but luckily you can't be hacked without entering anything.

BTW - how did you get onto this site? Did someone else from your friends list message you? Just so we can keep track of where the infection is spreading from.

TBH I liked the infamous "gold offer" or something page much more appealing for phishing purposes. Shame on these guys for being lazy hacks. :-P
Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:54 ]
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Someone posted me a link and like an idiot I clicked it. It took me to the steam community and I had to log in... and at that instant I realised what I had done and it took me too long to change my password... so I lost my account and I can't get back into it and I'm not having much response from steam support. I'm still waiting for their welcome email which I had to send to another email address because the one linked to steam I now can't get into
Author:  Fenriswolf [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:55 ]
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Also got this message from Birdy, but it was quite obvious not Birdy writing russian, so I did not click any link.

And Lim-Dul is right. Send in a scan of any cd-key registered with your steam account. Within a day or two you get your account back.

A Tip for everyone: Verify your Email-Adress (think it's under settings in steam)! Nobody will ever have the chance to change your account-password or mail without your approval, if you verify the mail adress!
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:55 ]
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D:

Best of luck with recovering the account!

Here's sneaky cat to cheer you up!

http://wimp.com/sneakycat/
Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 15:57 ]
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Thanks, I guess I'm just going to have to wait..... I have a lecture to do now so I'm hoping by the time I get home I might have that welcome email from steam support
Author:  [SpA]Voegelchen [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:12 ]
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I didnt get hacked. I was just stupid enough to enter my password in a scam page sent by anna. I immediatly changed my password and well thats it. Capital written STUPIDNESS by me. But not a hack :)
Author:  [SpA]Howard [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:26 ]
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Fenriswolf wrote:
Also got this message from Birdy, but it was quite obvious not Birdy writing russian, so I did not click any link.

And Lim-Dul is right. Send in a scan of any cd-key registered with your steam account. Within a day or two you get your account back.

A Tip for everyone: Verify your Email-Adress (think it's under settings in steam)! Nobody will ever have the chance to change your account-password or mail without your approval, if you verify the mail adress!
This answers my next question. Having read this thread I went and changed my Steam password out of paranoia (plus its been the same since day one - oops) and it asked me to verify the request via my email. I was wondering how people got around that and now I know.
Author:  [SpA]Minimoose! [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:29 ]
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Often people have the same password for their steam account and verified email address, which defeats the purpose of verifying it in the first place.
Author:  [SpA]Howard [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:36 ]
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[SpA]Minimoose! wrote:
Often people have the same password for their steam account and verified email address, which defeats the purpose of verifying it in the first place.
Aye - duplicated password usage - a sysadmins nightmare. Can't believe people still do this :? :demm:
Author:  Greasy_greabo [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:39 ]
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I use the same password for everything.

Otherwise ild forget it :ugly:
Author:  [SpA]SonnyBlack [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:43 ]
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Aargh I clicked on the link and now I'm trying to change my password like a mad man. :x
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:44 ]
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DONT CLICK THAT LINK!

you dont know where it has been :ugly:
Author:  [SpA]Voegelchen [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:45 ]
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I had issues changing my pw too. It worked after the 4th attempt.
Author:  [SpA]SonnyBlack [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:49 ]
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I'm waiting for that darn confirmation thingy steam wanted to mail me...
How long can that take? :x
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:53 ]
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HE IS CLOSE TO QUIT!!!!! :ugly:
Author:  [SpA]cardboard [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:53 ]
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[SpA]SonnyBlack wrote:
I'm waiting for that darn confirmation thingy steam wanted to mail me...
How long can that take? :x
They usually come within 5 minutes for me, I change my password fairly regularly.
Author:  [SpA]SonnyBlack [ 30 Sep 2010, 16:57 ]
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Now that I received 10 confirmation codes at once, I was finally able to change it.^^
So I'm fine. :4
Author:  [SpA]Frosty [ 30 Sep 2010, 17:16 ]
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[SpA]ProtectMyBalls wrote:
HE IS CLOSE TO QUIT!!!!! :ugly:
Well done made me laugh if nobody else :)
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Sep 2010, 17:27 ]
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[SpA]Frosty wrote:
[SpA]ProtectMyBalls wrote:
HE IS CLOSE TO QUIT!!!!! :ugly:
Well done made me laugh if nobody else :)

Hehe, im taking it super serious frosty :P jeez ^^
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 30 Sep 2010, 17:40 ]
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*facepalm*

When are people gonna learn?!
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Sep 2010, 17:57 ]
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i get messages from paypal and ebay all the time asking me to check my details etc... you just have to look in the address bar for http://paypal.IMARUSSIANSCAMMINGTWAT.com/

:mrgreen:
Author:  annarack [ 30 Sep 2010, 19:07 ]
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yeah I tried to change my pw straight away but by the time I tried to access my email I couldn't get into it then I lost steam
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