Condition Zero Hijacked

I have a steam account and play condition zero. I gave my account information to a fellow clan member because he needed it to make our clan roster. Shortly after this, I stopped playing cz for a while. About a month later I tried getting on for the last few weeks and I was kicked and it said my account is being used from another location. So I contact steam support and they reset my password. I try it again and it still says someone is logged on my account. So I contact steam support again and they said that the hijacker got into my account again. So they tell me to change my passwords and my email passwords. They said if it is hijacked again they will permanantely disable my account even though I am the victim.

How can someone hijack my account? I know giving my account information out would do the trick but is there any other way? I have only given my account information out to that one person so I think he is the one. Should I assume its him? I never go on gamer sites so someone in there couldnt have done it while I was in there. I have also never played or loaded cz on any other computer.

Thanks

 

That sucks.

 

One of the myriad reasons why I detest Steam.

 

Never give out your password to anyone. He wanted to steal your account for some reason - it's called steam phishing.

 

I'm pretty sure to make a clan roster all you need is your name and log in name.. why would you give him all your account info?

 

This is embarrasing but I dont know much about login info or alot about steam. So he told me how to access the information and I just copied and pasted it. I have no idea if what I sent him included in password. I had known the guy for a very long time and didnt realize I might have sent him my password. Is this guy the hijacker? Is there any way someone else could have hijacked my account?

However, steam changed my password twice, how can he still log in my account?

 

He may have done the same thing as you, emailed them and told them he needed his password changed. And if he got into your email, then he could just check that at will and get your new passwords.

The other possibility is that your computer itself is compromised, in which case you've got more to worry about than your steam account.

But Occam's razor tells us that the simplest explanation is likely the right one. And this "friend" of yours either used your info or gave it out to others.

On the upside, if you have your original box or purchase receipt or credit card record, you should be able to contact Valve and make a completely new account and have them delete the old one since it's hacked.

 

It's entirely possible that Steam's security has been compromised in much the same fashion that XBox-Live accounts have been getting hacked into. A roommate of mine has been going through all sorts of trouble trying to fix his account and/or get a replacement one instead of having to pay for the hijacked account. However, I have never heard of a clan roster where you had to give someone else your password. Sounds to me like that person stole your ID and gave it to someone else.

 

You probably copied some personal info, like an address or answer to a security question, that allows him to reset the password as soon as you try to take back the account. Change as much as you possibly can in your account if you can get control back. Also, change your email password if you can.

 

Why is this steams fault?

Is it ebays fault if you give out someone's password?

Is it the ******* across the streets' fault if someone steals your wallet?

So many people wanna blame stuff that on things that is their fault...

This should be common advice by now:

1. Don't give out your password to anyone.
2. Kids shouldn't have important passwords to give out (Yes, calling you a kid, you seriously must be 12 to not know this rule)

I'm sorry, it sucks that you lost your account, but jebus, the people who feel sorry for your action or blame steam...

Here's a good tip though... If people asks for your password again, don't ignore them, MAKE UP ONE. Something like 'goscrewyourself' always does the trick....

 

Well, if you give your password away for a game like BF2, they use your account, do a bunch of team killing and your record is ruined. But - you just create a new account and start over. Same thing happen with Steam? You buy a new game and start over.

 

Problem with steam is if you bought games online and used your credit card, they could potentially buy other games and charge it to you. You also loose all those other games that you bought online and don't have a cd for.

Anyone telling me that I have to give them my account information to enter a clan would receive a nasty comment and be reported right away since they're obviously trying to steal my account.

 

First off, I only said I didnt agree with steams policy that if you report your account being hijacked three times, they permanetly disable your account. When did I ever say I thought it was steams fault for my account being hijacked? Thats what I thought.

I know not to give my password to anyone, I think I accidentally did. I have since then reset my passwords on steam and my email accounts.

Lastly, I think its incredibly innapropriate for you to imply I am a child. I did know not to ever give my password out, I think I did it by accident.

Dont give advice at all if your going to imply im an idiot and a child.

 

Hope everything works out.

 

Nice one Zellio - i some times do that myself

Sometimes when i get an fake ebay email that trys to convince some n00b that they need to update there password - ill make a script to do like a thousand spoof ones and leave it running all night : subbmitting..

i would send it to you as you seem the vigilante type but it was on my old pc..

 

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Nice one Zellio - i some times do that myself

Sometimes when i get an fake ebay email that trys to convince some n00b that they need to update there password - ill make a script to do like a thousand spoof ones and leave it running all night : subbmitting..

i would send it to you as you seem the vigilante type but it was on my old pc..

 

whoops sorry.. downloading = lagged me out

 

Same here. My CS account was stolen. Im guessing some guy pretended to work for steam and my little brother gave the password. Ive been trying to get the account back for days already. So far steam doesnt seem to help me. I wish they would have something where you can put in your CD key to prove its your account!

 

Um... Technically, I'm pretty sure you broke the EULA on Steam, so you're not the victim, and technically, there's no reason why your account shouldn't be disabled permanently.

Apart from that, change your password, as well as those "forgot password" security questions, and preferably your email address as well and every other bit of personal information on your profile.

You "accidentally" gave away your password? Yeah, I often do that too....

Then all I'd need was your cd key and I could *prove* that your account actually belonged to me.

However, you can actually do something like it.
If you send a photo of the game with cd key and receipt (all on the same picture) to Steam's support, that counts as proof that the game belongs to you, and they can then sort things out. Worked for a friend of mine. Of course, that's most practical if you bought the game in a shop so you have box + receipt and everything.