Jagz wrote:It wasnt my fault :/ I woke up and noticed my stuff was gone.
Techercizer wrote:Jagz wrote:It wasnt my fault :/ I woke up and noticed my stuff was gone.
never once entered either of those passwords anywhere suspicious
VoltySquirrel wrote:I did that same fucking thing. It's a lot easier than you'd think. Dem fake site be realz lookin.
Techercizer wrote:VoltySquirrel wrote:I did that same fucking thing. It's a lot easier than you'd think. Dem fake site be realz lookin.
Just check the url every time you enter your Steam ID, or better yet, only sign into the official main Steam Store and Community pages, then go to your other site and select "already signed in". If it doesn't work, the site isn't legitimate, and if it does, they have no way to get your information. It will keep you signed in for ages too, so you won't need to keep going back to the main pages too often.
Signing into a fake site is a stupid mistake. It's one that a lot of people make, so it's understandable, but that isn't an excuse; you should always be careful where you enter your password information.
VoltySquirrel wrote:Well, to be fair, I was pissed off and it was 2 am at the time, so I wasn't really paying attention. I hadn't slept for like 25 hour and I just HAD to see this funny forum post. Sadly, I wasn't able to change my PW quickly enough. Protip: Keep your e-mail PW seperate from everything else. Hell, just have all the sites you actually care about have exclusive passwords for each. Nothing hurts more than someone stealing you're Battle.net ID and also getting your paypal, facebook, gmail, and steam ID.
Techercizer wrote:VoltySquirrel wrote:Well, to be fair, I was pissed off and it was 2 am at the time, so I wasn't really paying attention. I hadn't slept for like 25 hour and I just HAD to see this funny forum post. Sadly, I wasn't able to change my PW quickly enough. Protip: Keep your e-mail PW seperate from everything else. Hell, just have all the sites you actually care about have exclusive passwords for each. Nothing hurts more than someone stealing you're Battle.net ID and also getting your paypal, facebook, gmail, and steam ID.
That's a reason, but it's not an excuse. Entering your password without checking first is like crossing the street without looking for cars; all the reasons in the world won't help you if you get hit.
Also, please tell me this was before Steamguard? Using the same password for Gmail, AND Steam, AND Paypal is reckless (borderline suicidal) enough, but using the same password for Gmail and Steam after the introduction of Steamguard is almost criminally negligent.
Ninja wrote:Well its not like our admins are any good.
xbawkzes wrote:I just looked through your item history on TF2items. You never once owned any of those unusuals. The only unusual you've had recently is the Ol' Snaggletooth. Why isn't that on your mentioned "hacked unusuals"?
What are you trying to pull?
Mike808 wrote:The "hacker" just posted on tf2tp. I really doubt this hacking story is true
Mike808 wrote:The "hacker" just posted on tf2tp. I really doubt this hacking story is true
Shadow the Past wrote:Be like me, use the same password for 10 years and never be hacked.
Jagz wrote:Wow why do you not beilieve me? That is an impersonator thats not me, and if you look on July 25th at the bottom I had those 6 unusuals. Dont just judge something on false facts.
Mike808 wrote:its just usually hackers change the password to your account so you cant even log back in and then set your account to private
then they trade the items to another account thats set to private
plus they dont usually use the person they hacked screen name and avatar because that only makes it more obvious
tehs4ndman wrote:Mike808 wrote:its just usually hackers change the password to your account so you cant even log back in and then set your account to private
then they trade the items to another account thats set to private
plus they dont usually use the person they hacked screen name and avatar because that only makes it more obvious
yea, this is true, he is talking through experience
Techercizer wrote:No real reason NOT to keep the account; you delay the ability of Steam Support to analyze and respond to your case (since they don't know for sure whose account it really is and need to verify), and you get your target's entire Friends list to exploit and potentially loot.
I think "Rager" asked Patrid if he could borrow a set of earbuds after he was hacked, if I recall.
Benny Hill wrote:I use the Password Hasher extension for Firefox/Chrome. Works very nicely to generate different passwords for your accounts. I started using it after the Sony hacking incidents started.
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