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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 23:32:46
August 12 2011 23:31 GMT
#381
On August 13 2011 08:26 Antoine wrote:
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On August 13 2011 08:21 Integra wrote:
On August 13 2011 08:18 warbean wrote:
I also just got this email from Blizzard for my WoW account that has been inactive for 9 months now. Looks like somehow got into my character and got himself banned. I use the same email for GomTv and Battle.net, although I usually sign in through SNS Twitter. Seems to be too much of a coincidence.

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English speaking customers: Please refer to the start of this mail
Para los clientes españoles: Por favor vayan hasta el fin de este email


***Notice of Account Closure***

Account Name: WARBEAN1

Reason for Closure: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy

This account was closed because one or more characters were identified exchanging, or contributing to the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for "real-world" currency. This exchange process negatively impacts the World of Warcraft game environment by detracting from the value of the in-game economy.

Even if this is the result of account sharing, the account owner can still be held responsible for the penalty because of the impact it had on the game environment.

We've found the above behavior is many times directly related to groups responsible for compromising World of Warcraft accounts; we take these issues very seriously. To better understand our position against exploitative activity and the risks involved, please review this article: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=25455

The exploitative activity that took place on this account violates the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask you take a moment to review these terms at http://us.blizzard.com/company/legal/index.html. Note that additional Terms of Use violations may result in more severe actions against this account, up to and including permanent closure.

If you believe your account was compromised, please submit an in-game petition or fill the contact email form at http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform.xml?locale=en_US. Our support staff will assist you as soon as possible. If you are unable to access your account due to the password being changed, please visit our Login Support site here: https://us.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html

For any disputes of this action or further information on Exploitive Activity, please visit the Exploitative Activity FAQ and contact page here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/exploitfaq

Regards,

Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/
-------------------------------------------------------


***Notificación de Clausura de Cuenta***

Nombre de Cuenta: WARBEAN1

Razón por la Clausura: Violación de las Condiciones de Uso – Actividad Explotadora: Abuso de la Economía

Esta cuenta fue clausurada porque uno o más personajes se identificaron comerciando, o contribuyendo al comercio de, la propiedad dentro del juego (objetos u oro) por moneda “real.” Este proceso de comercio negativamente impacta al ambiente de World of Warcraft por detraer del valor de la economía dentro del juego.

Aunque esto sea a resultado de la compartición de la cuenta, el dueño de la cuenta aun puede ser responsable por la penalización debido al impacto que tuvo en el ambiente del juego.

Hemos conseguido que el comportamiento superior muchas veces sea directamente relacionado a los grupos responsables por comprometer las cuentas de World of Warcraft; nosotros tomamos estos asuntos muy seriamente. Para mejor entender nuestra posición sobre la actividad explotadora y los riesgos involucrados, por favor revise este artículo: (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=25455).

La actividad explotadora que ocurrió en esta cuenta está en contra de las Condiciones de Uso de World of Warcraft. Le pedimos que se tome un momento para revisar estos términos: (http://us.blizzard.com/company/legal/index.html). Note que cualquier violación adicional de las Condiciones de Uso pueden resultar en más severas medidas en contra de esta cuenta, hasta e incluyendo la clausura permanente.

Si cree que su cuenta haya sido comprometida, por favor abra una petición dentro del juego o llene el formulario de contacto por email: (https://us.blizzard.com/support/webform.xml?locale=es_MX). Nuestro equipo de soporte le asistirá lo más pronto posible. Si no puede acceder a su cuenta debido a un cambio de contraseña, por favor visite nuestro sitio de Asistencia de Ingreso aquí: (https://us.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html).

Para cualquier disputa sobre esta medida, o para más información sobre la Actividad Explotadora, por favor visite la página de contacto y Preguntas Frecuentes (FAQ) aquí: (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=es_MX&tag=exploitfaq).

Saludos,

Atención al Cliente
Blizzard Entertainment
http://us.battle.net/wow/es/


I've just recieved emails, note not email but EMAILS from Blizz as well. They all seem to be fake though. they are all claiming various stuff, like I have to give away my bank account info to prove that i am the holder of the wow account etc. My information has been leaked, that's for sure.

i would say you've probably gotten these emails a lot longer than 1 day, i've had them slamming my spambox for like 5 years now

No, This is a new email account, I acquired it less than 2 weeks ago and the spam litteraly started a few hours ago! And the username they are calling me by in the emails is the same username I have on GomTV.Net and not my wow account!
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
Jiddra
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden2685 Posts
August 12 2011 23:45 GMT
#382
Rakaka.se is having some fun with it atleast This is the picture used in the news about GOM being hacked.

[image loading]
I am not young enough to know everything.
Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
August 12 2011 23:52 GMT
#383
Is gomtv.net safe right now? I mean do hackers currently have the ability to install malware on the site and/or exploit anything else besides just stealing usernames and passwords?

Well the reason I'm asking is because I know of other sites (mainly MMO fansites for example) which were compromised and had malware installed on it so if any javascripts were enabled, your computer would have likely been infected with some malware.

Is this threat a possibility with gomtv.net or is it just only an issue of taken usernames and passwords?

Again sort of a newb in terms of this stuff so I'm not sure if what happened can resort to this but I want to make sure.
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firehand101
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3152 Posts
August 12 2011 23:54 GMT
#384
I really cant be bothered changing every password I have, it is way too much work. I can only hope that no one hacks me
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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
August 12 2011 23:54 GMT
#385
On August 13 2011 08:45 Jiddra wrote:
Rakaka.se is having some fun with it atleast This is the picture used in the news about GOM being hacked.

[image loading]

Rakaka, prolly the biggest gossip gaming site of the world, but they are being honest about it so you can't blame them lol.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
-Cyrus-
Profile Joined June 2011
United States318 Posts
August 12 2011 23:57 GMT
#386
What the fuck? Why didn't GOM send emails out or at the very least put a notification on their main website telling us about this?
rasnj
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1959 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:00:33
August 12 2011 23:59 GMT
#387
On August 13 2011 08:30 Goldfish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 08:25 Goldfish wrote:
Anyone know how hackers got into GOMtv.net? I'm sort of a nub at this but is it because they use outdated software (I know some forums may still use real old versions of invisionboard or w/e for example which may have security exploits) or because something GOM didn't do?

Basically how do websites protect themselves from getting hacked (well at least easily hacked) and how did GOM get hacked? Just curious.


Adding to the above - is gomtv.net safe right now? I mean do hackers currently have the ability to install malware on the site and/or exploit anything else besides just stealing usernames and passwords?

They basically did 2 things wrong. Firstly they stored the passwords unencrypted which is a big no no. They should never actually know your password. Just an encrypted version. This is so even if someone breaks their security (if you can imagine), then they can't get your pass.

Secondly their database was vulnerable to a very common type of attack known as sql injection. Basically you send a query that contains instructions and trick the database into executing those instructions which may for instance be "list all usernames and passwords". This is a common issue and usually easily preventable.

Both are very basic mistakes.

It's very unlikely they can install malware. At worst they can hijack accounts on gom and read your e-mail id, username, password and what you have bought on gom.

There is no reason to believe gom is safe at this point so changing passwords will probably not help, and either way the attackers have likely saved the passwords to a file already on their own systems.

You should change your password on any other service that has/had the same password as one you have ever used on gomtv.

Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:21:54
August 13 2011 00:07 GMT
#388
Thanks for the explanation rasnj. Ever since I played FFXI and seen so many sites compromised and have malware installed on them (MMO sites are always popular sites for target since MMO accounts can be worth a lot in cash value) I've been paranoid about this stuff so thanks for the explanation.
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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:13:32
August 13 2011 00:12 GMT
#389
out of curiosity why is this not on the home page by now...?
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
August 13 2011 00:31 GMT
#390
On August 13 2011 09:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
out of curiosity why is this not on the home page by now...?


Timezones, bro
We make signature, then defense it.
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
August 13 2011 00:33 GMT
#391
Well this sucks?
Dear Sixsmith...
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
August 13 2011 00:33 GMT
#392
On August 13 2011 09:31 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 09:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
out of curiosity why is this not on the home page by now...?


Timezones, bro

It's 9:30.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
KhAmun
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1005 Posts
August 13 2011 00:34 GMT
#393
The no encryptions on the passwords is just irresponsible, and I don't know profitable sites ever ever ever do that.
flooky
Profile Joined August 2011
44 Posts
August 13 2011 00:34 GMT
#394
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................................. that is my main email and password that i use for everything
AllHailCommonSense
Profile Joined August 2011
22 Posts
August 13 2011 00:34 GMT
#395
This + NASL fiasco = amazing KR professionalism.
Seiru
Profile Joined May 2011
United States40 Posts
August 13 2011 00:35 GMT
#396
I hope they post when they believe that they've secured the site....seems pointless to update your PW on GOMtv before that happens.
Lorizean
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1330 Posts
August 13 2011 00:38 GMT
#397
I really don't understand how somebody can write a website that stores passwords as plain text. It's not like it's hard to encrypt it.

Also, does anybody know if GOM saves some kind of password-change history? I have used another password (which I use for other purposes too) a while back, could the crackers have had access to that?
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
August 13 2011 00:43 GMT
#398
On August 13 2011 09:31 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2011 09:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
out of curiosity why is this not on the home page by now...?


Timezones, bro


TLs homepage I mean
ApBuLLet
Profile Joined September 2010
United States604 Posts
August 13 2011 00:43 GMT
#399
On August 13 2011 09:38 Lorizean wrote:
I really don't understand how somebody can write a website that stores passwords as plain text. It's not like it's hard to encrypt it.

Also, does anybody know if GOM saves some kind of password-change history? I have used another password (which I use for other purposes too) a while back, could the crackers have had access to that?


I don't think anyone can answer that for you with certainty, so I would assume that yes they could have access to that. Hopefully GOM will have an official announcement about it sometime very soon to notify everyone about exactly what happened so that we can take the necessary precautions to keep our stuff safe. Until then, however, I would assume the worst just in case.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:48:18
August 13 2011 00:45 GMT
#400
On August 13 2011 09:38 Lorizean wrote:
I really don't understand how somebody can write a website that stores passwords as plain text. It's not like it's hard to encrypt it.

Also, does anybody know if GOM saves some kind of password-change history? I have used another password (which I use for other purposes too) a while back, could the crackers have had access to that?

I dobut they have a history of earlier passwords, nothing on the page suggests that it exists, what would even be purpose of that, it makes no sense to have one. There is however a chance that the hacker got access to a admin password, That way he could access the database backup rollback function (if such is supported by the table being used). That way he could simply rollback the database to a earlier datapoint and get any previous password you had before you changed it. It's prolly pretty safe though if you changed your password. Not much else you can do anyway.
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