How does ones account get hacked?

WinBoat·Feb 28, 2016·1 votes·2,871 views

How does a persons account get hacked?

Only thing I can think of is giving the wrong person your username/password such as a unworthy friend (although you should never give your password and info to anyone ever).

Trying to download IP/RP generators, download mods of any type like skins, download hacks, and such.

And by accident, downloading a keylogger through skype or something.

I seen two threads now with accounts getting hacked, what other ways would their be to be at risk?

9 Comments

shyvFeb 28, 20161 votes

if you don't have a proper antivirus it's not hard to fuck up. i consider myself pretty good at Computer but i've accidentally downloaded trojans and keyloggers before. antivirus caught it thank god.

DrCyanideFeb 28, 20161 votes

What you've mentioned, plus one more big one:

Password Duplication

You go to some other site or game, create an account with the same user name and password as you have for League. That site/game didn't secure their passwords correctly and gets their database hacked (or was shady to begin with). The hackers now have your username and password for League.

Dominick DestineFeb 28, 20161 votes

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You go to some other site or game, create an account with the same user name and password as you have for League.

Why would you use your in-game password for a non-Riot related site? LOL

DrCyanideFeb 28, 20161 votes

People reuse passwords all the time because they don't want to remember 35+ different passwords. It's not uncommon to see similar things (games, for example) get the same password. Some services require an email to be your user name, so that creates another commonality.

This is one of the most common types of vulnerabilities out there, and there's nothing security experts can do about it.

Dominick DestineFeb 28, 20161 votes

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People reuse passwords all the time

What's your point? do you use the same name as your in-game account along with your in-game password? that many people do that changes nothing.

Basically if you're that dumb, you deserve to get "Hacked".... that's not even a hack, you'd be giving your password out willingly.

DrCyanideFeb 28, 20161 votes

Do you like your username? Would you want to use it other places? Many services don't specify that you're creating a login name and then a user name (others don't have the option for them to be different), so people type the username they want when creating the account.

If you're that dumb, you deserve to get "Hacked".... that's not even a hack, you'd be giving your password out willingly.

Stuff like this is how most things are hacked. Heck, it's even how Snowden got everything he did about the NSA, the IT guy asking for people's passwords.

SukishooFeb 28, 20161 votes

Most of the time when people claim their accounts have been hacked it's a lie. They have actually giving someone else access to the account and then it has other actions taken against it and they just think they can get it back by calling it "hacks"

LordofEntropyFeb 29, 20161 votes

When people say "hacked" in nearly every context and situation it really means poor password/login security. I've seen so many people on FB, Twitter, and the like "omg I got hacked", when really they just left themselves logged in on some device where another person was like "oh hey still logged into Facebook, time to make some good posts and see what websites this fool uses the login with FB option on!"

General NashorMar 1, 20161 votes

Youd also be surprised at how many people either use their username as their password, or set their password as "Password", "Password123", etc.

Im sure there are brute forcing programs out there that will let the user check all kinds of passwords until they "crack" one.. its a common practice for Minecraft accounts..

i always suggest facerolling the keyboard and that be your password. write it down irl with no context.