[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

So last week we are chatting, and one guy mentioned that WoW had account authenticators, but they were sold out. I said how I had watched the website on and off for quite a while, but they were always out of stock for Canada (why we can't order from the same place as the US, I don't know). He mentioned that they had just come in stock, so I looked and they were available.

I asked a few friends if they wanted one so we could save on shipping. One guy was pretty non-committal, one said yeah. I spoke with another guy at work on Thursday, and he said it might sound like a good idea.

Thursday night I got on late and had an in game mail. The guy I has spoken with at work sent a message: "Yes I want an Authenticator. I got hacked."

He has 6 toons, 5 in a guild with me, one in a raiding guild. Our guild bank was almost totally gutted (4 tabs). His personal banks had all been cleaned out. His 2 top level toons still had their gear since it was tier wear and can't be sold. The kicker is he thinks the guy who hacked him got interrupted somehow since all the gold was still on his character.

So Thursday night I ordered the authenticators (I wanted 4, but they only let you order 3 max). Saturday morning I received notice that they had been shipped, and when I looked at the tracking it was already in Calgary. They attempted deliver Monday, I got them Tuesday.

My buddy entered a GM ticket (and had to call Blizz to get a password resent since our guild leader called Blizz to get his account locked as soon as he saw the bank gutted), and sometime Saturday night all his stuff and the guild stuff was returned. He needs to re-gem and re-enchant his stuff, but Blizzard never took the gold from the sales of the stuff, so he still comes out ahead.

He never has figured out how he got hacked.

For all you who TL;DR - get a Blizzard Authenticator

Good to know!