Hacked account, how did they do it?

[deadguyfred]

I logged into my Pally/DK team this morning, and much to my dismay they were all stripped, and all the rest of my toons were stripped as well. I immediatly logged my wifes laptop into battle.net and changed the account password, and notified blizzard via email. I then logged into my email account for my battlenet account, and had 7 emails from blizz, first 3 were password change notices, all within 10 minutes, then a "Account locked due to suspicious activity" Email from bliz, followed by 3 more password change notices over a 15 min period, followed by another "Account locked due to suspicious activity" email from blizz, and I was able to log in w/ my reg password somehow??? I'm a bit confused as to the hackers methodology , and more confused that I was able to log in w/ my original password. Anyone have insite on how / why they were changing my password so often???


Deadguy

[Zub]

i'd assume the workflow the hackers use is all scripted, and might have bugged or something

[EaTCarbS]

Authenticator.

[Maxion]

Authenticator.

Get one.

[deadguyfred]

Get one.

Authenticator question... W/ 5 accounts, how fast can I log in? a new code is generated w/ the push of the button? or is there a "cooldown" on how fast codes are generated?

[Tehmuffinman]

Authenticator question... W/ 5 accounts, how fast can I log in? a new code is generated w/ the push of the button? or is there a "cooldown" on how fast codes are generated?

I have my 5 accounts across 5 separate battle.net accounts. The same authenticator can be linked to all 5, and then I can broadcast the same single code to all 5 when logging in.

If you have 5 accounts on 1 battle.net account, then you have to wait for a new code to generate every 30 seconds for each account.

[Korruptor]

Authenticator question... W/ 5 accounts, how fast can I log in? a new code is generated w/ the push of the button? or is there a "cooldown" on how fast codes are generated?

I use the application authenticator and the codes refresh in about 30 seconds so it takes between 2-3 minutes to log five accounts in but there is no real alternative in my opinion.

[Sajuuk]

Authenticator question... W/ 5 accounts, how fast can I log in? a new code is generated w/ the push of the button? or is there a "cooldown" on how fast codes are generated?

If all toons are on one BattleNet account, log ins are slow, requiring a new code per account. However accounts can be split up for instant login without cooldown.


As multiboxers there is little excuse to not protect your investment through a six dollar authenticator.

[Korruptor]

I have my 5 accounts across 5 separate battle.net accounts. The same authenticator can be linked to all 5, and then I can broadcast the same single code to all 5 when logging in.

The only reason I wouldn't do it this way myself is that if you don't log in with all your accounts every time you type in your authenticator code you leave the idle account(s) open to attack.

[Tiburon502]

Those emails if you click the link is how they get your info those arent real blizz emails