Account hacked and gear stolen - Account unlock code verification step not working?

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Drew_GGG wrote:

Hey there, I'm sorry to hear that! Could you please email us at support@grindinggear.com so we can look into this matter for you?

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lagwin1980#2224 wrote:

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Kinslayer_PH#6457 wrote:

I logged in to my POE2 account this morning to find all my divs and high-value items missing. Estimated value is probably 100+ divs liquidated.

As far as i know the IP lock has not been disabled for the standalone client.

Retyping a password dose not indicate that you are logging in form elsewhere, just that the session for the login credentials expired (i know the battlenet launcher dose this and i've seen it a few times on PoE1 over the years)

So there are a few things that are likely happening with this "rash" of "hacks"

1. too many people rely on third party addons like awakend PoE trade, and with PoE2 launching you have all charged in to grab the new versions from unknown sources (let me just add a key logger with that)

2. THE LIST.
There is a list of compromised email accounts and game account details that regularly gets sold and updated, these details are compiled from all over the internet, every big hack where account details have been stolen will get added to that list.
When a new game launches the RMT sellers get the list and try every account/password combo they have and worryingly there is a good amount of people that don't use unique passwords or have not changed them in years, giving easy access to people's stuff...that's why you usually see a spike in "hacked" posts when games become publicly accessible.

Even more amusing to me is that the EA is a beta and none of the stuff you get will reach the core game at launch.