It's really freakin' embarrassing when your job is to tell people how to keep this shit from happening... I couldn't even begin to tell you what bad news was... I guess I'll start looking into it and let you know if I find anything out...

I don't have anything else to do while Blizz fixes it, I guess...

Yikes, Fingers crossed everything gets resolved fast!

It's really freakin' embarrassing when your job is to tell people how to keep this shit from happening... I couldn't even begin to tell you what bad news was... I guess I'll start looking into it and let you know if I find anything out...

I don't have anything else to do while Blizz fixes it, I guess...

Shitty. Good luck. I hope it gets fixed quickly.

Oh shit that blows.

OH MY!!! That was last night? wasn't it? You were spamming macros.. and I even said in guild chat, how odd.. Hom didn't even say one real word.. I wish I had known your number I woulda called! They got on all your alts=\

Craptastic. I hope it gets fixed real soon!

Can you get on your toons?

Can you see if you have any auctions up and cancel them and mail them to the officers?

Bank log shows that you cleaned out a bunch of stuff.

And if anyone sees someone acting strange don't assume its nothing. PM an officer if one isn't on.... PM all of us if need be.

OH MY!!! That was last night? wasn't it? You were spamming macros.. and I even said in guild chat, how odd.. Hom didn't even say one real word.. I wish I had known your number I woulda called! They got on all your alts=\

They got on and took out stuff from the guild bank on each one. If someone doesn't answer and they are acting strange, demote them.

ARRRGH

Only problem with that is Producers are the only ones allowed to demote.

I have no idea how this happened. I'm doing all the AV scans I can find... Hopefully I can puzzle it out.

At the moment I can't get online at all, my account has been suspended for 24-hours (so it will be about 4am.)

I'm sorry about the guild bank, I hadn't even thought of that... that really sucks.

I will keep you updated as soon as I know something.

Agh that may be the case Shadian. Maybe we can do something about that.

That sucks Home! I hope everything gets sorted out. :(

Yea they spammers and account hackers have been pressing hard lately even posting links in our forums.

Jack and I have ordered Authenticators, only $6.50 each well worth it. Anyone else use them? I will let you know how they are when we get them.

Sorry to hear that, Hom. Hope they get it all sorted out for you.

I wonder if we should screenshot what was taken from the guild bank? I don't know if Bliz will do anything about it but worth a shot?

When I start figuring out what's going on, I will press Blizz about the guild bank items too.

I feel really bad about this... I still can't figure out what happened. I will definitely be ordering authenticators for both Arachne and my account.

I had thought about doing that a while ago, but I kept putting it off...

Yeah that sucks Hom. It happened to me 2 years ago. They sold all my stuff and transferred Jack and another alt to different servers. They must have posted links or spammed chat because my account got banned for 72 hours. Luckily, Blizzard was great. I got everything back except the enchants. As well, anything that is of the bear, eagle etc. has stats that are randomly generated so something with say agility on it might end up with intel instead. It was something that I clicked on the wow forums, clicked it and my screen kind of flashed. You have to be extra careful what you click on, people try to trick you.

How does an authenticator work?

How does an authenticator work?

It's a little keychain sized box. It's linked to your account, so that when you log in the game asks you for your Authentication Number. You press a little button on the authenticator, it gives you a auth code, which you then type into the login screen.

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=4672769224&sid=1

Pretty sweet. It's the same tech that high-security computer networks (like the US Senate) use to control access.

I wasn't on last night to notice or I would have called. I hope you get everything worked out. It might take a while, but Blizz should fix it.

Edited to add: If you merge your account into a battle.net account, you can get an iPhone authenticator.

Also, keeping the "remember account name" box checked on the login screen is a good thing. If you get a keylogger, your password is useless without your account name.

I wasn't on last night to notice or I would have called. I hope you get everything worked out. It might take a while, but Blizz should fix it.

Edited to add: If you merge your account into a battle.net account, you can get an iPhone authenticator.

Also, keeping the "remember account name" box checked on the login screen is a good thing. If you get a keylogger, your password is useless without your account name.

I have actually been meaning to do this for awhile (since I have been the victim of a hacked account before), and seeing what happened to Homereker made me decide to do this tonite. It was quick and painless. I had to set up a Battle.net account, link my two WoW accounts to the Battle.net account and then verify my email address. After that, I added the authenticator to the account and it worked perfectly. If you have an iPhone, I would recommend doing this. Blizzard is notorious about only partially restoring stuff (skipping BoEs and some of your gold).

I just ordered a pair for Amanda and I.

What kind of douchebag does that stuff? I mean, the amount of unnecessary and evil requisite in someone's heart to make someone's lives worse on such a minute but aggravating level is simply astounding. It's just so sad that there are so many petty thieves out there.

Best of luck with yer stuff, Hom. Hope he gets what's comin' to 'im.

Aw Hom that absolutely sucks! I've known a few people now that this has happened to. The good news is that Blizz is generally pretty fast about restoring stuff.