Well, shit

My WoW account got hacked. :(

I really don't know how it happened. The only WoW sites I visit are 'big names' (like WoWhead, Petopia, etc) that are suppose to be safe, I don't use add-ons due to being afraid of accidentally getting a key-logger, I don't click on fake scam email/links, I just don't know how it happened.

Both my laptop and desktop have been scanned and nothing has come up. That's the scary thing; that there could still be something there and I can't find it.

What I do know is that at someone tried transferring an alt to a different server. Approximately 6hrs later Blizzard suspended my account for 24hrs because they suspect that someone else had been accessing the account. This is followed by emails saying that the transfer has been cancelled. I've emailed Blizzard but I know that it'll take at least a day for them to respond.

The hardest part is waiting to see the damage since I'm still locked out of my account. I suspect by gold is gone (my main had over 38,000 and a bank alt had almost 5000, plus various alts had different amounts) but that can easily be returned/replaced. My gear can also be returned/replaced, my main was mainly dressed in PvP gear bought from honor and my alts had nothing special. But what about my Spirit Beast? Yeah, it was dumb luck that I got her but I don't want Bliz to say "lulz, tame her again" if she was deleted. Or what about the characters themselves? I know that at least one was attempted to be transfered but what if the others were deleted? Getting them undeleted is just going to be more of a pain.

I really want it to be tomorrow so I can see the damage and start tyring to get everything back back to normal.

And can I just add that I really hate anyone who buys gold right now. Because accounts wouldn't be hacked for gold if people didn't buy it. Gold is so easy to come by in game these days and the costs for all the expensive purchases (mounts) have greatly been reduced. There's no need buy gold.

Hacked Update

It isn't pretty.

My main, Kakei, was transfered off Bronzebeard to another realm. A non-BB alt was also transfered to a new realm. I'm trying to get both transfered back to their proper servers.

Bronzebeard (my main realm) was wiped clean. They were all deleted. The lv55 nelf druid whom I haven't played in years, my bank alt and my rogue and pally alts who were both in the same guild as Kakei. The hacker even deleted poor little Snugglepuff who I never even logged in as, I was simply saving the name for my future worgen (poor little Puffy, he did nothing wrong!).

The hacker also helped himself to my guild's bank, which is what annoys me the most. Not only did the hacker try to wreck my game but he also tried to wreck it for others that are associated with me. Not cool.

Right now I'm trying to get Kakei transfered back to BB and the others undeleted. Then I get to start the process of bugging Bliz until my stuff, my gold and the guild's stuff is returned. I don't know how long it'll take but hopefully it'll be done before Winter Veil.