Son of a... ARGH! (hacker?)
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:52 pm
I have a story to tell... 
I logged in today, just like any other day. When I went to zap my lab pet, it was a different color from yesterday (before I labbed it today). I thought, "Well that's strange". Then I clicked on the button to lab my pet, and it says that I can only use it once a day? Then I start to get a little worried, because I know for a fact that I didn't use the lab today (I don't have any borthers or sisters that would have access to my account). Then I went to all of the dailies... you guessed it, they were all done already. Now I am starting to get even more worried.
I immediately looked in my inventory. Nothing was there, and I know that I had more than 10-15 expensive items in there, with the rest being junk. Then I went to my SDB... nothing was there. I only had about 40 items in there, but over 30 of them were all over 80k+ (most more than 200k). Then, I go to my bank account, I am completely wiped out! It took me months to save up all of my np (well over one million, my first million). That is what upset me most of all.
I am a smart neopian, been on for over a year: no clicking strange links, no giving out my password, no talking to people on messengers, I change my password every so often... so how?!
Anyone have any idea on how this happened to me? I can't believe some people out there have to get there kicks just from stealing money and items that aren't even real.
I logged in today, just like any other day. When I went to zap my lab pet, it was a different color from yesterday (before I labbed it today). I thought, "Well that's strange". Then I clicked on the button to lab my pet, and it says that I can only use it once a day? Then I start to get a little worried, because I know for a fact that I didn't use the lab today (I don't have any borthers or sisters that would have access to my account). Then I went to all of the dailies... you guessed it, they were all done already. Now I am starting to get even more worried.
I immediately looked in my inventory. Nothing was there, and I know that I had more than 10-15 expensive items in there, with the rest being junk. Then I went to my SDB... nothing was there. I only had about 40 items in there, but over 30 of them were all over 80k+ (most more than 200k). Then, I go to my bank account, I am completely wiped out! It took me months to save up all of my np (well over one million, my first million). That is what upset me most of all.
I am a smart neopian, been on for over a year: no clicking strange links, no giving out my password, no talking to people on messengers, I change my password every so often... so how?!
Anyone have any idea on how this happened to me? I can't believe some people out there have to get there kicks just from stealing money and items that aren't even real.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:53 pm
That's really got to suck 
Did they somehow get into your email account, and find out your password that way?
Did they somehow get into your email account, and find out your password that way?
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:55 pm
Probably... I have heard that it is easy to crack Yahoo mail.
Some people are so pathetic out there.
Some people are so pathetic out there.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:00 pm
If it makes you feel any better, you can have my current account. I was thinking about quitting anyway. The name is albiino, and you can PM me for the password. There's nothing too good in there anymore, but every little bit helps.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:16 pm
I'm assuming you didn't have a password that was anywhere near guessable from the names of your pets or anything like that. It is perplexing, did you get an e-mail saying your password? I think I got one last week, so I changed my password and e-mail that was used right after it came just incase someone was going to try to hack my e-mail account or something. Sorry that had to happen to you
Sat Sep 18, 2004 1:22 pm
There was a thing in Kazaa telling how to hack yahoo or something. That might be how it worked. Did you use a public computer? They might have keyloggers that admins can access. People could potentially hack the comp and access them for your password
Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:07 pm
matchbow wrote:There was a thing in Kazaa telling how to hack yahoo or something. That might be how it worked. Did you use a public computer? They might have keyloggers that admins can access. People could potentially hack the comp and access them for your password
No public computer, just my home computer. My password isn't any of my pet names, and as I said before it is changed regularly.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:03 pm
Thats awful, have you reported it yet? I would clear out all your cookies, change all your passwords.......again! lol and make it really tricky, stick some random numbers in there or something.
Ps, if you post your username ill send you a small gift to help out!:D
Ps, if you post your username ill send you a small gift to help out!:D
Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:31 pm
My username is mocha_san. Thanks 
I already deleted cookies, temp. internet files, and changed my password.
I already deleted cookies, temp. internet files, and changed my password.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:57 pm
ok have sent a couple of bits, i wish i could do more! Good luck with getting straight again!
Ps, looks like they didnt get into your shop, you have tons in there
Ps, looks like they didnt get into your shop, you have tons in there
Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:05 pm
What a weird hacker - doing the dailies and labbing the pet?! That's seriously odd..
But sorry for your losses mocha
But sorry for your losses mocha
Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:10 pm
xjox wrote:ok have sent a couple of bits, i wish i could do more! Good luck with getting straight again!
Ps, looks like they didnt get into your shop, you have tons in there
They did take a few things, the took my Battle duck school stuff, but left the rest in... maybe I logged on when they were cleaning my shop out?
Thanks though, that really is a whole lot of help!
Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:13 pm
Thats ok, you are lucky they didnt change the password and stuff, i have never been hacked but i know how i would feel if someone took all my stuff!
Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:26 pm
id change your yahoo pw aswell, just incase. sorry for your loss. ive been hacked before, and i quit after it happened to me 2 times, but came back, eventually.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:58 pm
But even if they could hack into yahoo how would they know which email address you had listed in your userinfo?