Compromised PoE Accounts: Stolen Items and Hacked Accounts - Discussion and Leads

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taosk8r#2478 wrote:

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PoE#8983 wrote:

Seems like you got hacked thru your outdated Steam account info.

If your theories are correct here (and I would assume GGG knows one way or another by now), this begs the question: Is it even possible at this point to prevent it from happening in the future without something drastic like forcing pw resets on every account?

In regards to the theory of Fightgarr being hacked through his steam account; its the only thing that explains all the facts.

There is no reasonable way for GGG to prevent something like this, it's on the account owners.


Sadly, I'd argue its borderline impossible to keep your PW hidden over a long period of time, if its not unique.

Here are some tips:
EMAIL:
enable 2FA
Unique password
Make it an email that does not use any similar alias / make it random and not related to poe.
Do not use the email for anything other than Path of Exile.

GGG Account:
use a PW manager, make sure your PW is unique and change your password regularly.
Remove all secondary login methods

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PoE#8983 wrote:

There is no reasonable way for GGG to prevent something like this, it's on the account owners.

I guess your contention is that forcing a gamewide PW reset is unreasonable (ofc, they would have to hold resets from any emails that bounced, and Im not sure how they would ultimately handle restoring access to those, perhaps through purchase information, which can be more than a challenge for many people to successfully collect), but mine is that this cannot be allowed to continue, the harm is too great to the trust of the players, their faith in the company and that their hard work will lead to lasting rewards, and the general reputation of the company, so there is no action that is too great to protect their accounts from future attacks.

It isnt an unprecedented thing that other companies havent done.

so far it seems there have been less hacked victims for 2 weeks no new info found so far yet