Hacked gmail/steam accounts
- Armisael
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Hacked gmail/steam accounts
As some of you may know, I have a rather large collection of steam accounts for tf2 idling. I have a gmail account paired with each one of these, unimaginatively named idling1, idling2, etc. The passwords were similarly unimaginative (it was the same one for every alt gmail and team account).
On the 25th, someone got into them. Took half the gmail accounts, and the steam accounts paired with them. As you can imagine, I was rather annoyed by this. Gmail accounts are stupidly hard to get back into, and steam support is... well... steam support. The guy had changed the recovery information and even had set up two step verification on one of them.
I had one trump card. My main gmail account was fine (different password). All my alt accounts used my main as the secondary account, which meant that it got the 'welcome to gmail email' that no one reads. Well, it turns out that that email has a unique verification code associated with the new google account.
I sent those codes in with the account retrieval request. I had access to all my accounts 3 minutes later (except the one that was set up for two-step; it's just going to take a little longer, I hope). The steam accounts were still associated with the same gmail addresses, so I got them back too.
Moral of the story, make sure that you have your verification code email somewhere safe. Or, if not that, never delete any emails ever, no matter how useless they might seem. At least laugh a little at the hacker's misfortune.
On the 25th, someone got into them. Took half the gmail accounts, and the steam accounts paired with them. As you can imagine, I was rather annoyed by this. Gmail accounts are stupidly hard to get back into, and steam support is... well... steam support. The guy had changed the recovery information and even had set up two step verification on one of them.
I had one trump card. My main gmail account was fine (different password). All my alt accounts used my main as the secondary account, which meant that it got the 'welcome to gmail email' that no one reads. Well, it turns out that that email has a unique verification code associated with the new google account.
I sent those codes in with the account retrieval request. I had access to all my accounts 3 minutes later (except the one that was set up for two-step; it's just going to take a little longer, I hope). The steam accounts were still associated with the same gmail addresses, so I got them back too.
Moral of the story, make sure that you have your verification code email somewhere safe. Or, if not that, never delete any emails ever, no matter how useless they might seem. At least laugh a little at the hacker's misfortune.
- madmattd
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
Win.
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- Murbuto
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
A tale of victory with a moral at the end. I'm going to say cool story bro without being sarcastic.
My code works 60% of the time, every time.
Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
Awesome, you go girl!!!!!!!
- Armisael
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
Apparently he did take approximately 250 crates, however.
I think I'm actually grateful for that. It means I don't have to delete them.
I think I'm actually grateful for that. It means I don't have to delete them.
- madmattd
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
+1.Armisael wrote:Apparently he did take approximately 250 crates, however.
I think I'm actually grateful for that. It means I don't have to delete them.
"Chinese Sentries - they're cheap, crappy, and have little lights on the top!" - Pretendica
Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
Stephen wrote:tf2 is no longer on my system
Why? what R U playin?
- madmattd
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
ROFL.SandvichSpy wrote:I bet he's secretly playing "Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble"Mullet wrote:Stephen wrote:tf2 is no longer on my system
Why? what R U playin?
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- Marcus
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
I knew someone would say that!SandvichSpy wrote:I bet he's secretly playing "Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble"Mullet wrote:Stephen wrote:tf2 is no longer on my system
Why? what R U playin?
- Stephen
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
playing legend of zelda: skyward sword and bf3 on the side
skyword sword if fucking bad ass btw (besides the first hour or two of bs i wanted to kill myself)
this unranks ocarina of time in best zelda in my books
skyword sword if fucking bad ass btw (besides the first hour or two of bs i wanted to kill myself)
this unranks ocarina of time in best zelda in my books
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Re: Hacked gmail/steam accounts
Blasphemy. Barely readable blasphemy.Stephen wrote:playing legend of zelda: skyward sword and bf3 on the side
skyword sword if fucking bad ass btw (besides the first hour or two of bs i wanted to kill myself)
this unranks ocarina of time in best zelda in my books
Stage IV T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Survivor, Cancer Killing Ninja Motherfucker.