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Newty182




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Apr 2014 22:45    Post subject: Someone hacked one of my alt Steam accounts
So there I was just browsing the web and I get notified of an email. I check it and it says 'Password change request‏'. I wasn't using Steamguard on this account btw but Steam still sent me a code to my email add to confirm the change. So I log in and see my username has changed. I quickly changed my password and enabled Steamguard, but damn, someone hacked my account.

Funnily enough the password was the same password for my registered email add on that Steam account. MS blocked access to this person to my email because they detected it as suspicious. It was my password that I use for things I don't really care about. I had to go change the password at a few sites too.

I wonder how they got my password, is it possible to brute force Steam? (not looking for details to be posted on how) It was several letters that don't make much sense and a few digits.

Edit: From Hotmail about the suspicious activity..

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PumpAction
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Apr 2014 23:15    Post subject:
Most likely some service you used the password for got hacked.

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Newty182




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Apr 2014 23:17    Post subject:
That would make sense.

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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Apr 2014 23:23    Post subject:
After the Krim they wanted Newts steam! Cool Face
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inz




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 00:26    Post subject:
PumpAction wrote:
Most likely some service you used the password for got hacked.


Yep, unique passwords for everything's the way to go. It's more of a hassle, but worth it in the end.
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Newty182




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 00:33    Post subject:
Nearly all sites I have ever registered at I use unique passwords now. It took ages to go through them, check and change them.

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ixigia
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 01:05    Post subject:
Damn, this sucks.. a similar thing happened to me too when my yahoo account got hacked, and the guy in question got access to the few sites/services that were using the same password as the mail. I managed to recover some accounts, but a couple of them got lost forever. Unique passwords are indeed the only way like Inz said, I'll never do the same mistake again.
I'm glad that everything went better than expected and you managed to recover it in time Newt Razz


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FireMaster




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 01:05    Post subject:
inz wrote:
PumpAction wrote:
Most likely some service you used the password for got hacked.


Yep, unique passwords for everything's the way to go. It's more of a hassle, but worth it in the end.


With my memory, shit's impossible without a notepad file contained in a USB stick and hidden as some program ini file or something. and even that file I could forget about.

Fuck.
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inz




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 01:28    Post subject:
There's password managers for just that problem. Smile
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PumpAction
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 02:28    Post subject:
Lastpass.com

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ixigia
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 02:33    Post subject:
I'm currently using a more traditional method, based on ink and a paper, 2001 style! Fuck Yeah Laughing
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Badrien




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 05:29    Post subject:
ixigia wrote:
I'm currently using a more traditional method, based on ink and a paper, 2001 style! Fuck Yeah Laughing


Tried this, Lost the paper I wrote it all down on. Was fucked royally
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scaramonga




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 06:59    Post subject:
PumpAction wrote:
Lastpass.com


Yup!

...along with Steamguard (it's an utter pain I know) but it is there to protect ya Wink, and a password of at least 20 chars, using upper & lower case, with a few numbers and random digits thrown in, plus changed every month Smile

Take someone years to crack mine, and by then I'll have changed it anyway Twisted Evil
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flipp




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 14:26    Post subject:
scaramonga wrote:

[...] a password of at least 20 chars, using upper & lower case, with a few numbers and random digits thrown in, plus changed every month Smile


Try this with your battlenet account Razz
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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 16:22    Post subject:
PumpAction wrote:
Lastpass.com




Lastpass is brilliant for desktop/laptop users, but it's a PITA for mobile users unless you pay a subscription fee. I love Lastpass but cursed it quite a bit when I was in the UK on my iPad and Android phone, heh.
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ixigia
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Apr 2014 23:41    Post subject:
Badrien wrote:
ixigia wrote:
I'm currently using a more traditional method, based on ink and a paper, 2001 style! Fuck Yeah Laughing


Tried this, Lost the paper I wrote it all down on. Was fucked royally

Damn.. that's why I keep a scanned digital copy too of that paper just in case Razz
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