Hacked Accounts

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Ruefl2x wrote:

They DO investigate some cases (not all) just to find out the same each time!
-> hackers use vast lists of e-mail/pw combinations and try their luck.

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randrew wrote:

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Ruefl2x wrote:

They DO investigate some cases (not all) just to find out the same each time!
-> hackers use vast lists of e-mail/pw combinations and try their luck.

Except that my email was never compromised. The GGG server has a big, gaping hole and I can't justify spending time and money on this game under these circumstances. My interest in this game is dimming.

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Drive-by download means two things, each concerning the unintended download of computer software from the Internet:

Downloads which a person authorized but without understanding the consequences (e.g. downloads which install an unknown or counterfeit executable program, ActiveX component, or Java applet).
Any download that happens without a person's knowledge, often a computer virus, spyware, malware, or crimeware.

Drive-by downloads may happen when visiting a website, viewing an e-mail message or by clicking on a deceptive pop-up window: by clicking on the window in the mistaken belief that, for instance, an error report from the computer' operating system itself is being acknowledged, or that an innocuous advertisement pop-up is being dismissed. In such cases, the "supplier" may claim that the person "consented" to the download although actually unaware of having started an unwanted or malicious software download. Websites that exploit the Windows Metafile vulnerability (eliminated by a Windows update of 5 January 2006) may provide examples of drive-by downloads of this sort.

Hackers use different techniques to obfuscate the malicious code, so that antivirus software is unable to recognize it. The code is executed in hidden iframes, and can go undetected even by experienced users.

A drive-by install (or installation) is a similar event. It refers to installation rather than download (though sometimes the two terms are used interchangeably).

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ExiledToWraeclast wrote:

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randrew wrote:

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Ruefl2x wrote:

They DO investigate some cases (not all) just to find out the same each time!
-> hackers use vast lists of e-mail/pw combinations and try their luck.

Except that my email was never compromised. The GGG server has a big, gaping hole and I can't justify spending time and money on this game under these circumstances. My interest in this game is dimming.

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Drive-by download means two things, each concerning the unintended download of computer software from the Internet:

Downloads which a person authorized but without understanding the consequences (e.g. downloads which install an unknown or counterfeit executable program, ActiveX component, or Java applet).
Any download that happens without a person's knowledge, often a computer virus, spyware, malware, or crimeware.

Drive-by downloads may happen when visiting a website, viewing an e-mail message or by clicking on a deceptive pop-up window: by clicking on the window in the mistaken belief that, for instance, an error report from the computer' operating system itself is being acknowledged, or that an innocuous advertisement pop-up is being dismissed. In such cases, the "supplier" may claim that the person "consented" to the download although actually unaware of having started an unwanted or malicious software download. Websites that exploit the Windows Metafile vulnerability (eliminated by a Windows update of 5 January 2006) may provide examples of drive-by downloads of this sort.

Hackers use different techniques to obfuscate the malicious code, so that antivirus software is unable to recognize it. The code is executed in hidden iframes, and can go undetected even by experienced users.

A drive-by install (or installation) is a similar event. It refers to installation rather than download (though sometimes the two terms are used interchangeably).

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Josephoenix wrote:

read Chris' post on the first page of this thread randrew. It will provide you with the answer(s) you seek as per the "investigation".

Sorry for your loss

edit: even better. Click on the GGG logo beside this thread and read all the pertinent GGG responses. This will give you a better understanding of what they've seen and investigated so far.

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randrew wrote:

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Josephoenix wrote:

read Chris' post on the first page of this thread randrew. It will provide you with the answer(s) you seek as per the "investigation".

Sorry for your loss

edit: even better. Click on the GGG logo beside this thread and read all the pertinent GGG responses. This will give you a better understanding of what they've seen and investigated so far.

They haven't "investigated" a thing, they just reiterated that morons tend to lose their PWs to unsavory internet usage. How does that pertain to the security hole(s) in their software? Hint: it doesn't.

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Josephoenix wrote:

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randrew wrote:

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Josephoenix wrote:

read Chris' post on the first page of this thread randrew. It will provide you with the answer(s) you seek as per the "investigation".

Sorry for your loss

edit: even better. Click on the GGG logo beside this thread and read all the pertinent GGG responses. This will give you a better understanding of what they've seen and investigated so far.

They haven't "investigated" a thing, they just reiterated that morons tend to lose their PWs to unsavory internet usage. How does that pertain to the security hole(s) in their software? Hint: it doesn't.

learn to read.... start at chris' fourth paragraph... anyhoo. I'm not going to entertain you further. Live and learn...or not your choice

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Josephoenix wrote:

I'm sorry for your loss good sir. But you have no idea what you're talking about and you don't want learn or hear anything about it.

What is GGG supposed to do...or myself for that matter, when you're convinced that they're wrong and you must be right.

I'm done, tried to help you... but that's apparently out of my league.

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[Chris Wilson]
"His work in the field of software security provided the financial liquidity required to cofound and invest in Grinding Gear Games."