Post by Sas148
okay, it seems a lot of people are looking at how accounts are "hacked" wrong.
First of all. I'd like to cover the topic regarding Blizzard's breach. Now they may have well encrypted our information. But, nothing bulletproof in the virtual world. So, with that in mind. Don't just change the password to your world of warcraft account. Change it on Everything. Your email. Your paypal. Everything. I assure you the hackers aren't stealing or using that information just on world of battle.net. They will use the information they get
EVERYWHERE.
Now to cover other topics. this type of thing includes forums/fan sites. Wowhead themselves is one of them. Any and all websites of this nature are targets to these hackers. Half the time you may never get noticed they where hacked and your information was taken. (yes some websites won't bother telling you.) So, with that in mind. Never use the same password twice. Ever. say you use 55304234997F%399 for everything. it looks like a lot of stuff. But, hack one thing and your entire life is half screwed.
Something blizzard entertainment didn't seem to make people aware of. if your battle.net email or other passwords using that email are similar or the same. they need to be changed as well. Some people know this. Others do not. I am coming here to say this cause recently my GF's account became compromised. She used that same password on her facebook. battle.net. Bank account. A few others things as well including the email. luckily soon as i noticed the unwelcome access i took action fast enough changing her passwords for her before they got into the bank or anything serious. (only reason i found out was the security i set up on her facebook, why they went to that I do not know. perhaps people send serious personal information through facebook.)
Many people use the same password. Now is your one warning to stop doing that and change them all to something entirely different. Be sure to change them entirely no similarities that can be figured out. To recap the basics. Never use words or phrases. passwords must be completely random. One thing I do is over the time of my life take the passwords from my routers i get and such and combine them as i get a new one. Then combine those with other important numbers in my life. Combine them in a unique way helps give more password options as well as decent secure passwords. be sure to include one symbol. 1 lower case and 1 capital letter in every password. No just numbers is Not secure.
Other small things. In case it's over looked. Addon sites are likely targets over time. Maybe not right now. Maybe it's already been done and people where never told. But, be sure to check everything.
I mean Everything.Note: if a forum similar was already posted prior to this, apology to the post topic repeat. But, this is a topic that deserves repeated as it's extremely important people understand this and know it.
This topic has been covered many times, but reminders never hurt.
For your further reading pleasure, TheRealArkayn's
Guide on How Not to Get Hacked.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##sas148##DELIM##Moved from a similar topic.