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Admin changed my password? Zos were you hacked?

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Lumenn
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Why else would an admin change my (and others) password? I rotate my passwords randomly on my own but in the years I've played have never HAD one changed. Have our accounts been compromised? Just the forums or game too? Shouldn't this be something we should know?
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  • pdblake
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    Me too. Even the website doesn't work ffs
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  • idk
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    I think it was a glitch as I was able to log into my website account without issue. However, it is best to choose a different password. Do not mess around.
    Really, idk
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  • Bobby_V_Rockit
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    Me too
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  • Jeremy
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    Lumenn wrote: »
    Why else would an admin change my (and others) password? I rotate my passwords randomly on my own but in the years I've played have never HAD one changed. Have our accounts been compromised? Just the forums or game too? Shouldn't this be something we should know?

    This just happened to me too.

    Would be nice if we could get a response explaining why this occurred.
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  • CiliPadi
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    Same happened to me.
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  • GlorphNoldorin
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    Same happened to me, however when I changed my password, I still needed to use my original password to logon.
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  • 117Dios
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    L_Nici wrote: »
    Had the same issue, now I would really like to have an answer of ZOS, if someone hacked my account, or anything else that would lead to that I want to know that.

    They probably did an account soft-reset or something similiar
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  • Ackwalan
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    Looks like the game password and forum password are now separate from each other.
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  • cyclonus11
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    Yeah, WTF was that?
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  • pdblake
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    nafensoriel wrote: »
    117Dios wrote: »
    nafensoriel wrote: »
    Zos found out EUPCs server problems was one dude with a 256 character password.

    Source?

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    That lumpy sack has been in my inventory for weeks. Do think it's suffocated yet?
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  • idk
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    UrQuan wrote: »
    Happened to me too.
    CiliPadi wrote: »
    Ackwalan wrote: »
    Looks like the game password and forum password are now separate from each other.

    I thought they were always separate. At least for me.
    Mine have always been separate and different too. Ever since launch back in 2014...

    My PW has been the same for all of ESO since 2014. When I changed it on the website it changed for forums and game.
    Really, idk
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  • azjuwelz
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    I'm so used to passwords expiring after a certain amount of time at work that I barely thought about it, but yes, me too.
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  • Kel
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    Same.
    Just had to reset my password.

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  • Tryxus
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    Is ZOS stepping up their security?
    idk wrote: »
    I think it was a glitch as I was able to log into my website account without issue. However, it is best to choose a different password. Do not mess around.

    This. Take no chances...
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  • L_Nici
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    Since Forum Account and the player ID are connected with each other, someone could possibly used that connection to get data. Names, even home address (if you gave the correct one) and not so important, but also not nice access to your game account.
    Edited by L_Nici on November 16, 2019 11:32PM
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