$2821 worth account got hacked! Is Decentralised gaming safe?

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Gaming runs in my veins. So, in 2018 I met with a game then called steemonsters and now called splinterlands and literally fallen in love with it. Been playing it since then and it's 2021 now!
In the course of past three and a half year I met with more of gaming in metaverse. This year was axie infinity, thetan arena and few more.

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The dark side of decentralised platforms!

I was playing hard with my ID and this year the gains were amazing so I gathered a huge amount by playing hard.
Couple of days ago my Id Got hacked and cards worth of $2015 were stolen and I approached literally everyone in the gaming community I know and the official splinterands's support as well. But there's nothing they did as they only told that this is decentralised platform and they do not have control over such hackers. They didn't even blocked the hacker as he was cheating other people as we speak.
The another heart-breaking case I witnessed was my axie infinity account. During couple of month ago I purchased three axies which were quite expensive according to me and I played for around two weeks and suddenly a hacker gifted my axie to his account and in a minute everything was lost!
I was devastated, Literally went to everyone in order to seek help but nothing happened. My account worth of $800 was stolen by some hacker.

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These three pretty angels were hacked and gone in minutes with the slp I had collected as well.
This turned out to be a heart-breaking disaster.

Need of controlling the hacking!

I strongly believe such games as they are big source of earning and what not, these should be under the developers control in a way that they could either retrieve the stolen assets or ban the hacker! As many people are reluctant to join the metaverse gaming due to security issues.

There such be a secure lock to the assets in the account and antitheft program should be developed.
As we love the game but the security sucks and we need to swallow the fact that hacked cards cannot be retrieved and move on.

Hope to see some changes in future to make a stronger and secure platform!

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If you have had this happen twice you must not be using your keys or seed phrase securely. Never ever give out your seedphrase to external sites and use keychain for hive. Sorry for your loss dude but due to the nature of decentralisation its your responsibility to protect your assets.

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Thanks man! Wishing you happy new year:)

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Getting hacked in 2 completely different games is very worrying. You should consider where you enter your data and what you usually do on the internet, a hacker can't get your Axies or crypto belongings just like that, you had to give the necessary information to be stolen.

Anyways, sorry for your loss man, that must really hurt your financial situation.

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Thanks friend, Must be some virus in my pc though.
Have a happy new year:)

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Sucks to hear this happened to you, but... From what I understand they can't just "hack" your account like someone would do to a facebook account. Run a virus check on your computer. Someone must have been able to get a hold of your keys.

Just a few tips

  • Use a VPN
  • Don't keep your keys on your computer
  • Never give your keys to anybody
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That's wise set of info.
Thanks friend and have a happy new year:)

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I know it hurts badly! I hope some new system might come and improve the security.

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Sorry to hear you got hacked. Did you manage to get some of your cards back? I see you have roughly $1500 USD worth of cards in your account.

There such be a secure lock to the assets in the account and antitheft program should be developed.

Splinterlands does have a lock feature. When the Lock feature is used cards can not be sold or removed from ones account. They even allow us to pick the amount of days we want our cards locked for.

If I had to guess Its likely you clicked a suspicious link and gave your key(s) to a phishing site. Some tips for the future: (1) don't click link (2) if you must click link double check the URL (3) You should do a virus scan, change your Splinterlands/HIVE passwords (in that order) (4) don't use the same password for multiple applications (5) most importantly, don't give anyone your keys.

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Thank you friend for your sound set of information, I will keep them in account. Hope you have a happy new year ahead.

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