Once again I must inform you that several eGO members have had their accounts hacked, bounty hunter and mic medic have been sending links to websites asking you for your username and password, AVOID THESE SITES AT ALL COSTS, do not enter your information and disregard them for the time beingwhether or not they were hacked i do not know but they have been confirmed sending people links.
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As a rule of thumb, never enter your information into a site you don't trust. If it's not an official Steam page, don't use your Steam info on it. And by the way, all those "OMG THOUSANDS OF FREE GAMES" links are generally scams.
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Small overview on phishing scams:
They're fake. It is an attempt to get you to send them your login information. They won't give you any free games or whatever they're offering, they're trying to get your password.
It should also be noted that very few of these account thefts have anything to do with actual 'hacking'. Anyone with a bit of time and simple knowledge of HTML could design a phishing site if they felt so inclined.
Phishing generally means that it is a false site designed to look like something legitimate, but it is set up so that when you enter your account information, the information is automatically sent to someone. After you enter your username/password, the person who set up the site receives that information. At that point, they have your login information and can run around and do whatever they want on your account. This may put your other accounts in danger as well, if you used the same information for them as you did for Steam.
These things are common knowledge, and are certainly nothing new. They've been around for ages. The way to defend yourself from phishing attempts is to simply make sure that the site you're using is the correct site (verify that it is indeed Steam's actual URL in the address bar, for example), and to avoid the whole "omg i give u game if u gimme pass" episodes.
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For more information, refer to this thread, which was made long ago with the sole purpose of addressing this issue as a whole. We don't really need a bunch of threads on it.
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Small overview on phishing scams:
They're fake. It is an attempt to get you to send them your login information. They won't give you any free games or whatever they're offering, they're trying to get your password.
It should also be noted that very few of these account thefts have anything to do with actual 'hacking'. Anyone with a bit of time and simple knowledge of HTML could design a phishing site if they felt so inclined.
Phishing generally means that it is a false site designed to look like something legitimate, but it is set up so that when you enter your account information, the information is automatically sent to someone. After you enter your username/password, the person who set up the site receives that information. At that point, they have your login information and can run around and do whatever they want on your account. This may put your other accounts in danger as well, if you used the same information for them as you did for Steam.
These things are common knowledge, and are certainly nothing new. They've been around for ages. The way to defend yourself from phishing attempts is to simply make sure that the site you're using is the correct site (verify that it is indeed Steam's actual URL in the address bar, for example), and to avoid the whole "omg i give u game if u gimme pass" episodes.
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For more information, refer to this thread, which was made long ago with the sole purpose of addressing this issue as a whole. We don't really need a bunch of threads on it.
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Best to contact their DL or advisors and see what action they want to take instead of starting more of these threads as stated by blackhawksniper here:
http://www.edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66273
It's great that your trying to do what you can to inform us about this issue though.
http://www.edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66273
It's great that your trying to do what you can to inform us about this issue though.
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What Shuriken said.
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