I am sorry to hear that things haven't been resolved. In a bit of thought
I have to ask if you EQ account name and passaword are the same with any
of your logins elsewhere? It is possible that some hacked a user database
from the message board or something of that nature of which you are a part
of.
Treilain Loreweaver
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Melaniel wrote:
> From: email@... (Melaniel)
>
>
> First, thanks for the replies people have made, I hope to keep you
> informed as and when I receive responses from Verant.
>
> In response to questions raised here, I shall try and pass on some
> info that might help eliminate obvious explanations for the problem.
>
> I live alone, no one has access to my computer, it is a standalone not
> networked other than by modem, physically turned off when not in use,
> no software of a dubious nature is loaded (as mentioned elsewhere
> BackOrifice/Office etc) ... I am a computer auditor by profession
> (security is in the blood, sadly!) and I have quite a bit of knowledge
> of computer security/logs/exploits/whatever you might want to call it.
>
> Maybe I was sleepwalking and bizarrely did this. Maybe an obscure
> burglar broke in, left all my valuables and electricals, logged on,
> guessed my password, sold all my virtual gear, and then logged out and
> left my home untouched. At least that's an entertaining thought ;-)
>
> I'll log in to EQ tonight again in the hope that a GM shows up at a
> reasonable hour (or at least while I'm still awake and functioning!)
>
> And until then, I'll keep singing and playing music to raise spirits,
> just like a good bard should!
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:12:47 PDT, you wrote:
>
> >From: "Lost Child" <lostchild@...>
> >
> >Would any of your friends/relatives have or can guess your station name and
> >password? Do you have a spouse that is really upset with you spending too
> >much time on EQ? Maybe he/she guessed your password and gave all your stuff
> >away. Did you ever visit some everquest websites which you need to create
> >an account with user name and password? Are either the user name or the
> >password same as your EQ login ones? Have you ever sign any EQ class
> >petition with your station name? Is your password easy to guess? Did you
> >make the password the same as the surname of your character? That is the
> >first thing a hacker would guess.
> >
> >It seems like there can be only one reason. Somehow, someone got hold of
> >your station name and password. It is either thru you or thru Verant. :(
> >
>
> --
>
> Saldara
> High Elf Wizard (21), Mith Marr server
>
> Melaniel
> Wood Elf Bard (11), Mith Marr server
>
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