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Someone has my private information and now I'm worried.

60751609DEL1··6 votes·3,373 views

Last night, I dealt with a situation that has led me to seriously want to either quit this game or, at the very least, change my username. Last night, while I was playing a match of Normals, some complete stranger has grabbed a hold of some of my personal information, such as my real name, the state in which I live, and the school I attend, and has used this information to threaten me. He suggested that he might drive to Georgia in hopes of finding me, and this made me worried. I don't know what this guy is capable of. After a bit of contemplation, I am trying to decide whether or not to report this guy to the local police, but I'm not too sure as to whether or not I should proceed with this course of action mostly because this guy has an embarrassingly inappropriate username, and also because I have very little proof of this occurrence, other than the report that I sent Riot. I have already blocked him, and reported him to Riot briefly telling them what he has done, but other than that, I'm not too sure what to do. I'm pretty worried, right now, and I don't know if he'll do anything malicious with this information. Below is a lengthy explanation as to what occurred, but if you're not interested in hearing the whole story, then I would suggest that you stop here. Do you guys have any input?

Last night, I was playing a bit of Normals to - sort of - cool off after consistently playing Ranked. I have finally hit Gold V, so in celebration of this, I decided to play champions that I never play, such as Ezreal, who I was playing in this particular match. During this match, we weren't doing so hot, and the guy in question, who has my information now, was visibly frustrated about this. I never antagonized him, though, and only voice my frustrations towards the match up that obviously wasn't in my favor. Sometime later on in the match, when all I could do was build a couple of Doran's Blades to try to keep up with the obnoxiously strong Lucian, he started to ridicule my build, along with someone else's build, to which I responded, "My build would be a lot better if you ganked Bottom more." This really set him off, and an array of words were exchanged to which I eventually brought up our ranks, something which I never do*. This made him really angry and that's when he decided to look up my account name and lo and behold, he also found quite a bit of my personal information as well. I guess this delighted him, because he was quick to disclose said information to the team and, if I remember correctly, to the enemy team as well. Eventually, the match ended, and someone on our team, who I presume is his friend, reassured me that he was just trolling and was trying to get at me. He also questioned why I didn't just mute him, which thinking about it now, I should've done the second he started flaming the team.

Whatever the case may be, whether he's trolling or not, finding someone's personal information and disclosing it to others is not okay, nor is it funny. I don't know who this guy is, and now that he knows who I am, I am extremely uncomfortable and worried. I don't know what he'll do with this information, but he implied that he might do something with said information. He might doxx me, or even come up to my campus looking for me. I simply don't know. Still, what should I do now? I can't just forget about it, because as we speak, my information may be getting leaked somewhere. As for any social media outlets that may have this information, the only thing that comes to mind is my Google+ account, which I have yet to find a way to disable it from being a public viewing space. There's also Instagram, but the privacy settings does not allow me to make my real name private, so I'll likely just change it. Regardless, this situation made me uncomfortable and visibly shaken, and I am not happy with it.

  • I never rank shame. Ever. Last night was probably the first time I've ever done so. It was probably a mixture of pride, from getting to Gold, along with a bit of tilt and anger towards yet another toxic flamer. I normally mute people, but the one time I don't is the one time I irrationally start an argument with one. Whatever the case may be, I don't approve of rank shaming and will likely never do it again.

Edit: Thank you all for your input and advice. After much evaluation and some much needed advice, I have found that my social media outlets are excruciatingly insecure and unsafe. I had initially believed that the perpetrator had received my information by means of hacking, or doing some thorough searches through the depths of the Internet, but really all it took was a quick Google search. Regardless, I truly appreciate all of your help. You guys helped me come to the conclusion that my life isn't as secure and anonymous as I had initially hoped.

68 Comments

AdeBug10 votes

You do realize you yourself spew out personal info about you. you're from georgia and you live on campus or frequent some uni atm, your league account name is the same as your google+ acc, instagram and googleing it reveals it's used for other accounts too, the instagram one like you said revealing your real name on the first page of results, 3rd result to be exact. You are almost entirely responsible for using such an account name that is attached to an account having your real name. You knew the privacy issues with instagram and yet you still used your real name. Not that a name itself matters that much, without a location and more details. But wait, you already gave more details. You see where I'm going with this?

Be more careful next time. Precaution first, mixed with a lil paranoia, will lead to a relaxed mind later.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo2 votes

lol like i said people leave data fingerprints all over the place and dont realize it....

60751609DEL12 votes

True. It's a shame that it took me this long to realize this. I'm an aspiring computer scientist myself who grew comfortable with using social media. As scary as this situation is, this was really an eye opener for me to not be so comfortable with having my information out there for people to see, which is why I'm working at locking down my social media pages and changing my usernames. It wasn't until last night when I realized that searching this username reveals almost all of my social media profiles, a few of which has my name. As far as what school I go to, I don't know how he found that out. That's what worried me. I think it might be Google+, but I made that information private only to friends and relatives.

ShinkoMinori1 votes

Computer scientist? wats dat

60751609DEL12 votes

Someone who specializes in computer software and programming. I specifically want to be a video game developer, but my major requires me to take programming classes that branches from software engineering. Classes like CSE, CS, Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, etc. It's a good major to get into, if you're into programming and problem solving.

Ada Wong1 votes

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You do realize you yourself spew out personal info about you. you're from georgia and you live on campus or frequent some uni atm, your league account name is the same as your google+ acc, instagram and googleing it reveals it's used for other accounts too, the instagram one like you said revealing your real name on the first page of results, 3rd result to be exact. You are almost entirely responsible for using such an account name that is attached to an account having your real name. You knew the privacy issues with instagram and yet you still used your real name. Not that a name itself matters that much, without a location and more details. But wait, you already gave more details. You see where I'm going with this?

Be more careful next time. Precaution first, mixed with a lil paranoia, will lead to a relaxed mind later.

The real question is (Did you use skype?) or any service outside of chat, click any links to leak personal information or is (League OF Legends) Peer 2 peer allowing information to be leaked is the question?

Personally I would be like Come @ me bro, be sure to bring a body bag & toe tag because you break into my house and threaten me your not getting out without those... I get internet threats from kids a lot I keep documents and records where the police can easily check them as well (If anything were to actually happen.)

Also if this is true Search Engines are your enemy when it comes to putting your Real Life information and linking accounts using the same names across multiple services easy for anyone to access this information, even Cellphone APPS disclose so much info and games like Ingress, or pokemon go...

Still if the user makes a direct threat you could always report it to law enforcement, and in support ticket to Riot, but its always good to say things in disguise or leave a person wondering at end game yesterday I was like " I support Isis talking about smite" because they got upset and were being toxic over an off meta and intentionally trolling I am sure they took it the other way around lol...

60751609DEL11 votes

I only use Discord, but only with people that I trust, or know in real life. I don't use Skype anymore, and any other services for the matter.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

and i have a 110 lbs wolf as a "family pet" and i live in tx where we are crazy about guns

lol

sooo chances are who ever enters uninvited will leave in a different manner then which they entered

FurriesAreHot1 votes

thats both awesome and illegal. Its my dream to be a wolf biologist and work in the field

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

she is hybrid timber wolf and chocolate lab... she has long coat that is a chocolate redish color with white strip on her chest and white markins on paws and her eyes or white and baby blue ... her name is Azul (blue in spanish) cuz of her eyes

best damn dog i ever had

FurriesAreHot1 votes

Wolfdogs are very interesting. stay safe!

Hryna2 votes

That is really worrisome, let us know what the support said.

60751609DEL12 votes

Will do. I did a standard report, however, so I don't know what's going to happen now.

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

Doxxing is illegal, so just trust that Riot will look into it and do everything appropriate for the situation as soon as they can.

Hryna1 votes

This is serious though, I urge you to make a ticket as well.

60751609DEL11 votes

I sent a support ticket to Riot last weekend, and still haven't received any news from them. No emails, no notification, not even a private message. I'm still waiting for a reply from them, especially with it only being a few days since I've sent them the ticket, but for the most part, I'm still patiently waiting for them to at least acknowledge my ticket.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

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That is really worrisome, let us know what the support said.

Agreed.

It's odd that he can find out all that from a League game. Really risky and dangerous.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

its very easy to obtain an ISP address

60751609DEL11 votes

Is there anything I can do to ensure this doesn't happen again? I've already locked down a couple of my social media outlets. Should I set up a VPN?

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well 1st thing to realize dont be an assclown and that person wouldnt go through the trouble of scaring you... chances are that is all its... people need to realize just cuz you are behind a monitor and keyboard your location isnt protected or a secret everything you do online leaves data fingerprints that can be used to track you down.. you are being monitored all the time...

so people need to treat online interations like the would on the street in irl ... be polite dont saying something if you cant back it up

and you will have to answer for actions and things said...

aka dont say anything if you cant say anything nice ( learned from early childhood)

and dont let your mouth write checks your ass cant cash

honestly if people treated each other irl as they do on here and other online communities there would be alot more toothless fukers in the world

60751609DEL11 votes

I normally keep this in mind when interacting with people online. As an advocate for online kindness, I try to be as friendly as possible, but when I'm consistently being stressed and tested by strangers, I may slip up and make the mistake of doing something I'll eventually regret.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

just be smart with the info you put online...

and dont piss off the wrong people

60751609DEL11 votes

Definitely. Well, I appreciate your help, along with the input of many others. Hopefully this situation will get resolved swiftly or that this whole thing turns out to be fluke. It was a real eye opener for me, and it's scary how I just idiotically let my information just hang out there on the web without much supervision.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo2 votes

np.. and people need to realize and be smart about things... also not everything is a pissing contest... we dont have to argue and yell and cuss at each other... its a discussion, a debate if you will... just cuz someone thinks one thing dont make their opinions wrong or invalid... ( goes for rank too... just cuz someone is silver dont mean their thoughts or opinions are invalid... just cuz a diamond says so) funny thing about rank...

we all dont play on a each playing field as they do in PRO play. we arent on a lan connection private network with no lag or ping... all using the same equipment when it comes to PCs etc so stuff as fps, ms, packet loss, process speed etc can make or break a trade and end up to win loss...

BreakYourShell1 votes

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I normally keep this in mind when interacting with people online. As an advocate for online kindness, I try to be as friendly as possible, but when I'm consistently being stressed and tested by strangers, I may slip up and make the mistake of something I'll eventually regret.

Im willing to lend you a smurf if you can't change your username.

60751609DEL11 votes

I sent Riot a Support Ticket requesting that I have the ability to change my username just this once. Regardless, I truly appreciate the offer.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=1yAR2kcf,comment-id=000000010000,timestamp=2016-10-22T20:16:35.013+0000)

its very easy to obtain an ISP address

As a programmer, I know this, however, getting personal information like name, is clearly not someone obtaining an ISP.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

yet a highly skilled hacker with some simple software can find out anything they want about any one

as a programmer you know this

Pierce The Veal3 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=1yAR2kcf,comment-id=00000001000000010000,timestamp=2016-10-22T20:23:35.102+0000)

yet a highly skilled hacker with some simple software can find out anything they want about any one

as a programmer you know this

When you bring skill into it sure.

I doubt a random guy playing League is that skilled of a hacker. Plus, considering the fact he did it in game, suggests that said hacker was able to do it rather quickly, which means something about the OP's security was lacking. They could have targeted him from many directions. The question is how, and if it was through League, which seems highly likely. If so, then Riot might need to update their protocol.

I'm more of a big data guy really. I'm no hacker myself, and I'm not in the security side.

Plus, you don't really need to be a programmer to know that it's easy to get an ISP. I just qualified that you don't need to talk down on me, as I myself have experience in the software field.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo2 votes

this is posted by another comment so its really easy to get information regarding people online.. people tend to use same passwords, usernames etc for every account and everything they do on line . they use social media sites which store info and date about them and that is made public cuz once its posted on that site it is property of the site aka facebook

all your pics, thoughts, comments, likes dislikes etc is property of facebook and they can use it for how ever they like... its in the TOS agreement that people blindly click yes too

and i dont have a facebook , snapchat, twitter or any other social media account

AdeBug (NA) - 7 minutes ago You do realize you yourself spew out personal info about you. you're from georgia and you live on campus or frequent some uni atm, your league account name is the same as your google+ acc, instagram and googleing it reveals it's used for other accounts too, the instagram one like you said revealing your real name on the first page of results, 3rd result to be exact. You are almost entirely responsible for using such an account name that is attached to an account having your real name. You knew the privacy issues with instagram and yet you still used your real name. Not that a name itself matters that much, without a location and more details. But wait, you already gave more details. You see where I'm going with this?

Be more careful next time. Precaution first, mixed with a lil paranoia, will lead to a relaxed mind later.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

I was too busy trying to find the so called hacker that I didn't think of the simplest way to get information about someone. Now I feel silly.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo3 votes

over thinking makes us forget the obvious

Pill Slinger1 votes

What's my shoe size?

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well if a hacker wanted to could look into online accounts and bank/cc accounts to see when you bought shoes in store or online and see what size you bought and then can tell you that...

im not a hacker and i dont care ...

p.s i hate feet and think they are gross

Pill Slinger1 votes

But what if I bought my shoes with cash?

PS: You would like my feet

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

lol u can ask one of my ex gfs we were in bed and she rubbed her bare feet on me and ipushed her ass out of the bed ...

she was pissed

I DONT LIKE FEET

Pill Slinger1 votes

Lol. I certainly don't have a foot fetish or anything...but you seem to have feetophobia lol

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

yes

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

we are talking about online date fingerprints and how information is easy to find. and hmm go into a store buy with cash... that store most likely has security cams linked to an online monitor system... that system can be hacked to see whos is in the store at what times... also the digital record of the store for the transactions they can see how many of what shoes of what sizes are bought and when coordinate with the security footage and they can narrow down what shoes you bought... its possible

Pill Slinger1 votes

But I was wearing a hoody and glasses when I went into the shoe store. And I doubt the cheapo place I buy shoes at even has security footage to be honest.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

move out of the ghetto...

improve your life rank

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Pill Slinger1 votes

U aint no nufin bout da dirty three thirty

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

man i grew up in oak cliff a bad suburb of dallas and i was the only white kid in my 3rd class

lol now i have $$$$ in the bank, top 5 percentile of credit scores in my state and a career with a college degree getting ready to buy a house

Pill Slinger1 votes

As long as it's not a business degree, we can be friends.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

i have a bachelor in applied science

i work as an drive ability tech for a GMC dealership i work with the cars on board computers and data comm , fuel and tune, emissions, check engine lights, electrical

im basicly an IT TECH with a wrench

Pill Slinger1 votes

I have a Terrain. If it breaks, I'm gonna find you and beat you up.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well do you want me to tell you whats wrong with it and what you have to look forward to or let it be a surprise? lol work on those all the time...

if you have the 2.4 eco tech plz change oil every 3000 miles dont go by the oil life... trust me

Pill Slinger1 votes

He didn't find it out from just his League game. The dude has the same name for a ton of accounts (instagram, etc). As someone pointed out in another comment. The information was stupidly easy to find lol.

Pierce The Veal1 votes

{quoted}

He didn't find it out from just his League game. The dude has the same name for a ton of accounts (instagram, etc). As someone pointed out in another comment. The information was stupidly easy to find lol.

Aha that explains it. I didn't bother to do a search on the OP. That's silly. Lol

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