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Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo
Germany2959 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:17 shin_toss wrote: Ahhh hard to memorize diff passwords. :| . Better be safe than sorry Write them down on some sheet of paper and put it away safely. I mean yeh, if that paper gets stolen / lost you're fucked but you gotta have it somewhere right? And while there are programs for all that stuff having it on a real-world piece of sheet is nice. | ||
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MxGStreamA
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:19 MxGStreamA wrote: I was hit by this, someone hacked the account, changed the password, played some ladder games. How many points lost/gained? + Show Spoiler + -_- | ||
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pallad
Poland1958 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:15 Lowenhertz wrote: matter of time unfortunately atleast they brought it to light quickly True .. now hackers attack all the time , big companies , Sony attack was big also.. But imo its just biznes.. , blizzard is now for sale , someone cleary try to lower company price.. simple for me ;P | ||
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BadgerBadger8264
Netherlands409 Posts
On August 10 2012 07:38 Probe1 wrote: So change your passwords. Got it. (Before anyone says "Oh no Probe u sux at reading", cryptographically scrambled versions.. do you trust your account and information on that? Do you?") Not saying you shouldn't change your password just to be completely sure, but if you'd know anything about the hashes used to encrypt passwords and how long it takes to decipher even a single password you would know that it's practically impossible for the people that have stolen the hash to obtain even a single password from that information within a month (and even that is stretching it as they'd need a cluster of powerful machines brute forcing the hash constantly for the duration), let alone retrieving a decent amount of stolen passwords. It's honestly not even close to being worth the power/rental costs of doing so to obtain an account worth maybe 100$. This is obviously assuming Blizzard doesn't use horribly outdated encryption, though. | ||
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nucLeaRTV
Romania822 Posts
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arctia
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cmen15
United States1519 Posts
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chris5180
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R1CH
Netherlands10341 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:19 MxGStreamA wrote: I was hit by this, someone hacked the account, changed the password, played some ladder games. Unrelated, you probably had a bad / shared password beforehand. A hacking group advanced enough to break into Blizzard's network isn't really after your SC2 ladder rank. | ||
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jnkw
Canada347 Posts
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Wroshe
Netherlands1051 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:06 R1CH wrote: If you used the same password anywhere else, you should change it (and stop re-using passwords!). They have your email and password hash which is more than enough to wreck havoc, especially if it was your email account password. Props to Blizzard though for the announcement. Have a good password manager thingy that you recommend? My batle net is on a unique password but I tend to be lazy with services (so no battle net/steam/e-mails) I don't really care about. | ||
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
Few days ago Google warned me about someone from China trying to login... conincidence ? :o Never had such a case. | ||
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thurst0n
United States611 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:00 mrjpark wrote: This is awkward. I never remember the answer to my secret questions. But some complete stranger might...maybe I can finally access my old XBox Live account if I can find a way to contact this guy... LOL SO TRUE! I seriously cannot have a password for each site because I cannot remember that many passwords. I have to change my password at work every 10 weeks, and I'm running out of options, I cannot use ANY password I've previously used... security questions I have a little trick for, that this hacker ruined. I always answer the same 3 things for security questions, and they are complete bullshit, so it doesn't matter what questions are asked, just the random answers i have selected, it makes it hard when sites ask me in random order. Bleh, I guess I'll have to write down my passwords at home, and start making them different for everything. Luckily I already use seperate password for things i care about, like banking/personal email. Fuck you hackers | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10341 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:22 BadgerBadger8264 wrote: Not saying you shouldn't change your password just to be completely sure, but if you'd know anything about the hashes used to encrypt passwords and how long it takes to decipher even a single password you would know that it's practically impossible for the people that have stolen the hash to obtain even a single password from that information within a month (and even that is stretching it as they'd need a cluster of powerful machines brute forcing the hash constantly for the duration), let alone retrieving a decent amount of stolen passwords. It's honestly not even close to being worth the power/rental costs of doing so to obtain an account worth maybe 100$. This is obviously assuming Blizzard doesn't use horribly outdated encryption, though. I don't think you're aware of how password hashing works. Do you not think there are millions of people with "password123" or equally terrible passwords in those stolen hashes? Why would you need a month to break that? | ||
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:25 Wroshe wrote: Have a good password manager thingy that you recommend? My batle net is on a unique password but I tend to be lazy with services (so no battle net/steam/e-mails) I don't really care about. Check out this: http://keepass.info/ | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10341 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:25 Wroshe wrote: Have a good password manager thingy that you recommend? My batle net is on a unique password but I tend to be lazy with services (so no battle net/steam/e-mails) I don't really care about. I use Keepass personally. It can be configured to login to games too. | ||
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Slurpy
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
On August 10 2012 08:19 Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo wrote: Write them down on some sheet of paper and put it away safely. I mean yeh, if that paper gets stolen / lost you're fucked but you gotta have it somewhere right? And while there are programs for all that stuff having it on a real-world piece of sheet is nice. KeePass guys! :D Give it a shot, there are portable versions as well (USB flash/iPhone etc)! | ||
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iAmJeffReY
United States4262 Posts
I had to get blizzard to roll back my account into my hands, and changed my PW back to normal. Odd. | ||
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