Crazy day in DayZ - CD Key somehow got hacked/stolen?

[nckko 1]

So this is gonna be my first post, and it's a crazy one. :rolleyes:

I opened up DayZ this morning and wanted to get on a server to play some, when I tried to join one I got a message saying my CD Key is in use.

I tried multiple servers but I got the same message on all of them.

So I kinda freaked out and started searching the forums for people who had the same problem, I found some topics but they weren't very helpful besides saying you need to send in a support ticket somewhere which could take ages to get a reply from.

I didn't feel like waiting that long, I just wanted to play, so I reinstalled OA on a different place on my pc and moved the DayZ files in there too.

It all took me forever since I basically had no idea what I was doing. :blush:

A few hours later I get everything done and open up the game again, I get into a random server and the first thing I noticed was that my legs were broken, I didn't remember breaking them the last time, and I didn't remember logging out in Cherno.

So I open up my gear and find an AS50 with a shitload of ammo, a PDW with ammo, and all kinds of other loot.

I then realize that someone has played with my character.

I switch to 3rd person and also notice that I'm freaking invisible!

I also had like 20 murders while I have never killed someone before.

So after that I ran around a bit thinking about what I should do and eventually threw myself in front of a bunch of zombies that killed me so I could at least get rid of the hacked loot.

Now my question is, did I actually fix the used CD key problem(by accident) or did he just stop playing the moment I tried to get in again?

[sostronk 334]

Do you use steam? Id talk to them if so. BattleEye recently banned a bunch of people who weren't hacking because of a CD key stealer. Apparently it was related to steam.

[thunderpimp 78]

If someone has your CD key, it is probably a hacker. They can play with it anytime you are not on the game and do whatever they want with your character.

If someone got your key, it was most likely by you trying to download a cheat program for the game that was actually a key stealer.

[nckko 1]

Do you use steam? Id talk to them if so. BattleEye recently banned a bunch of people who weren't hacking because of a CD key stealer. Apparently it was related to steam.

Yes I use Steam.

If it happens again I'll definitely contact Steam then.

If someone has your CD key, it is probably a hacker. They can play with it anytime you are not on the game and do whatever they want with your character.

If someone got your key, it was most likely by you trying to download a cheat program for the game that was actually a key stealer.

Yeah that's exactly what I read in other topics about this as well, but I have never downloaded a cheat program or anything like that.

I found it weird that it happened a day after I set up my own server, maybe there was something else in the package with the files for the server I downloaded?

I honestly have no idea, I just hope I fixed it and he won't come back.

[nckko 1]

So I didn't fix it at all, I just hopped on a server and I had an M4A1 Holo. :o

Guess I'll have to contact Steam and hope they can help me, before I get banned because of this f*cking hacker that's using my account.