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ExamineAss
Jan Member 2022

ExamineAss

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Logged in at 8am yesterday to find out my character got taken to ferox and my bank got wiped clean by an account hijacker while i was sleeping. This is no normal occurance, although from what i've been seeing the past week it is almost becoming normal . Like the handful of people i've seen post about this, i have proper account security i.e 2fa, bank pin, secure email etc.

I have virus scanned my both my PC and my phone and both came back clean. I have no unauthorized logins on my email or recovery email for that email. Nothing out of the ordinary after all of the digging i have done with my emails so far. I am not linked to steam. There should be no possible way somebody could have gotten access to my account, bank pin or 2fa. That makes this seem like a much bigger issue that the normal hijacking scenarios.

Please, if a JMod sees this, can you look into my account activity between the dates of March 7 @9pm to March 8th at 8am CST. Might be able to get a better idea of the time if you can see when a bank pin change/removal request was placed. And, if possible, please let me know what i need to do to further secure my account. I've already changed passwords on everything after running the virus scans.

09-Mar-2023 14:10:02

2_Tron

2_Tron

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Security tips ... <- (link) security tips forwarded by Jagex/JMods in '
Jagex's Support Centre
.

Looking at your story ... it looks like you didn't have all security in place making it able for hackers/hijackers to wipe your bank clean, or the person doing that to you had knowledge about all your credentials including your bankpin/RuneScape Authenticator, as they need those to wipe your bank clean.

Jagex/JMods do not share details about other accounts as they are prohibited to do so.

If you still have doubts you might click on the link
Take action to keep your account out of the wrong hands. If your account is currently hijacked,
recover it here
.
... on said security page, above link.

09-Mar-2023 14:20:36

ExamineAss
Jan Member 2022

ExamineAss

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So which security measures am I missing?

I've taken my account security seriously. I'm not the typical new player that sees a streamer is "quitting" and falls for it. There should be no possible way my account could get compromised.

11-Mar-2023 14:51:50

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