*SECURITY ALERT*
Not one to All Caps a title but this is pretty important. According to Sims Community, there's a pretty nasty scam going on where someone (or some group) is hijacking Origin Accounts then giving th...
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"Simpkin;c-17061109" wrote:"IceyJ;c-17061104" wrote:"drake_mccarty;c-17061096" wrote:"IceyJ;c-17061071" wrote:"Simpkin;c-17061070" wrote:"IceyJ;c-17061066" wrote:"So_Money;c-17061058" wrote:"IceyJ;c-17061052" wrote:
Someone in Russia keeps trying to log into my Origin account. I know because EA keeps texting me the login code in Russian. I removed all payment info years ago, but I still added two-factor authorization just in case. Didn't change my password; I like my password, lol.
If the hackers are making it to the 2-factor stage, they already know your password.
Obviously. Not changing it; I like my password, lol. As long as they can't get in, I don't care. I have various passwords all over, so I'm not concerned about the possiblity of them using it elsewhere.
tbh you're asking for them to get in with this.
Really? Are they coming to take my phone? What's the point of two-point authorization if it doesn't work.
It does work most of the time, but that doesn’t mean it will work 100% of the time always. In the event that your account is compromised, good luck getting it back without a mandatory password change.
I'm fully aware of the risks. :) I'd rather do that when necessary than have to change it every day.
yes, when you have unusual activity on your account, it's time to change. It does not happen every day. I didn't rea one post here saying you need to change it every day.
How do you know it doesn't happen every day to me? Or every week, or every month? Our experiences will not be the same.
Regardless, it's too often as I have hundreds of accounts spanning approx. 15 years of websites. I choose my battles. If there is unusual activity on my bank account, I'm changing that one immediately.
