It was almost exactly two months ago now that I was keylogged. I’ll be honest - it really killed a lot of enthusiasm for my end-game characters, this blog, and just WoW in general. Yes, it’s a fun game - but it’s really discouraging to have the rewards for your efforts taken away like that.

Well, the other day I logged on to Etsi and noticed that she had mail from an alt that I never play. Now when I say never, I mean never. Never as in my last time logging into this alt was prior to the launch of the Burning Crusade. Never as in I can’t even remember his guild, spec, or professions. I think you get the idea that it’s been a while.

I was understandably concerned that I’d been keylogged again.

I quickly hoofed Etsi over to a mailbox, not really having any idea what to expect, and opened it to discover a full page of mail from this alt. Things like a crapload of engineering materials, about 40 repair bots… sound familiar? It’s all the stuff that was removed from Etsi. Apparently the keylogger was in the process of mailing everything of hers to the first character on the character select screen (the unplayed alt) when I interrupted them and reset the password.

It also explains why Blizzard didn’t restore a lot of my stuff - it wasn’t really gone. The only thing that I didn’t get back are my Badges of Justice (obviously, since they’re soulbound), instead I have 9 nice shiny Nether Vortices.

So, lesson to be learned - make sure you check ALL of your characters periodically, especially if you suspect your account has been broken into.

It does raise an interesting question though - I thought mail ingame bounced after 30 days. Why am I getting the stuff back after 60?

Posted: 08|5|08 at 9:25 am. Filed under: Professions, Random.
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