Is it possible for players to hack accounts without using passwords or me being present on league?

Echo 318·Mar 27, 2017·2 votes·1,007 views

So I had recently played a match, and one of my teammates started grinding heads with me over our loss of the match. Long story short he/she implied that they would steal my account or get back at me some how. After I left the lobby, this player spammed me with friend requests, but I denied them in case he did have a way to hack me.

So what I'm asking is if it is possible for players to hack into my account when I'm not at my computer. And if so, how could I prevent them from gaining access to my account or computer?

I have this player's gamer tag (which I should have reported in the post game lobby), but I'm withholding this information for an admin, should they look into it.

5 Comments

Deep Terror NamiMar 27, 20172 votes

It's unlikely, but not accepting a toxic player's friend request is the right move. Don't post anything here, submit screenshots or info in a Support Ticket to Riot.

deathgod5Mar 27, 20171 votes

If you make sure your password is complex and your login name is different then your in game username, hacking would be complicated.

Complex password options:

something completely random 4@'%X`QvgVTKGFA< (don't just copy this ofcourse)
copy a random phrase and break it into a complex password. It's a trap! Don't you becomes: 1t's_a-trap!_D0n'tyou (which is relatively save)

ModThe DjinnMar 27, 20172 votes

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If you make sure your password is complex and your login name is different then your in game username, hacking would be complicated.

Interestingly, to most hacking algorithms, I believe randomness of characters don't matter so much as length. _**@135!ds(&^ ** is actually probably EASIER to crack than, say, ADozenBadgersHuntForTruffles, and the latter is MUCH easier to remember.

deathgod5Mar 27, 20171 votes

yes, thats why both of my passwords are longer/equal too 16 tokens. I would still suggest to at least put one number or underscore into adozenbadgersetc but it is true that longer passwords are generally better. It is just best to combine them both.

Echo 318Mar 27, 20171 votes

Thanks for the advice guys, and I'll go ahead and favorite that support ticket link for future use.

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