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Tried to login this morning, got a popup message saying my activities had changed or something like that. The email above followed about 30 seconds later. Links are legit but not included. I did reset password and access is restored, but anyone know what this is all about? Having been hacked once in the past (F U Curse Gaming), I'm paranoid now.

It's getting harder to tell if Blizzard messages are real or not. When in doubt, i head to battle.net and login. No trouble detected everytime.

If you've always logged into the computer that you used then yes, it is strange. But I have run into this before since 4.0.1. Working as it should though. My brother normally logs in while at his home in Utah. This week he tried to logged in from California since they're visiting family for the holidays. Well it locked his account exactly like that. All he had to do was change his password and it unlocked immediately. I'm guessing that it will add to your unseen account profile that you sometimes log in from this new location.

It's just another step they've taken to prevent account hackings.


Edit: And you should take appropriate measures to clean your computer and change your passwords as suggested in the email. If you don't have an authenticator it's likely someone may have tried to hack you.

 

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That's the impression I'm getting, though I have logged in from here before (work).

Have you logged in from work since 4.0.1 or 4.0.3 have been deployed? It may be that it hadn't registered in their system that way yet.

 

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Not since 4.0.3 maybe, definitely since 4.01.

Edit: just out of paranoia, changed bnet password again but with resonable password, authenticator, and some semblance of internet security, I think I'm fairly safe.

Agreed. I think you're safe as well. With an authenticator, you're much less likely to be successfully hacked and I personally think that you logging in from work just wasn't in their system yet. Now it is.

 

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same thing happend to me, I was required to change my password before I logged in. I got the message at the login screen though and was directed from there to check my e-mail so I was pretty sure it was legit. Changed my password and have not had any problems since.


I have an authenticator so I thought that maybr someone had tried to brute force the account and did not get in because of my authenticator. Blizzard caught it and locked my account.

 

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You're fine. A friend of mine recently logged in from my other friends house, 10 miles away, and was immediately greeted by this as well. Their activity detection software got kicked into overdrive, apparently. I fully expect to get it when I log in tomorrow from Michigan, (I live in Florida, visiting Michigan currently).

Exactly. My wife logged into her account with her new laptop in a different location. Sure enough, she got this message a well.


Seems Blizzard is being extra safe lately.

 

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