Why would anyone hack my chess.com account..?

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Cheess30 wrote:

has anyone also noticed that the board has set to default (green and white with neo pieces)?

Yes, same here. Probably because either your own settings cannot be accessed (because you are not you, but someone else), or due to failure of getting any settings at all, it falls back to the default.

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Axel_Omega wrote:
Cheess30 wrote:

has anyone also noticed that the board has set to default (green and white with neo pieces)?

Yes, same here. Probably because either your own settings cannot be accessed (because you are not you, but someone else), or due to failure of getting any settings at all, it falls back to the default.

found the solution. go to settings > board and pieces then set them as you wish to and then scroll down and click save.

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Also, I am playing and I notice that my chat is disabled. Anyone with the same problem?

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Thats weird but i admit it wasn’t me
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Was the problem fixed?

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As long as your password is secure, then no.
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I’ve seen it happen before but it’s not common… also add me as a friend if you’d like I’m trying to play with more people!:)
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I received one on June 27
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Why would someone hack you…?
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dzp1111 wrote:
I’ve recently received an email from chess.com regarding suspicious logins into my account, with recommendations to change my password. It took me a few days to tend to the matter during which time 3 games have been played on my account. My rating suffered nearly 20 points.
After changing my password I immediately received 2 emails saying that my account has been compromised, again. My account had been logged in from Montreal and Toronto.
I’m using the chess.com app on an updated iPad.
I don’t care much about the rating but I am curious as to the why. To what end does this action serve?
Weird..
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yeah same, my account got hacked(ik its real late now) but hacker is lowkey better than me so idk what I should do

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Hello When I opened my messages it showed that I said £xœÅ’MK1†ÿÊP°» ¥K½¸µÐÚ…E½¨=4MfÛ@6‰›‰mÿ»›í‡7ÁŠLæãÍÌà 찭(³íe05 +$ 5ÂìFBTèH ÏR ³q—òÓ¦`°¬šjn†w£R\EÜØ]\Òr£ ¹ú*j¬cÅQÁñJZ:zêr…%jïf"Þ«%]&DþV;o¥#ÔX(¼æ$Ž1÷ €]®¤]V‰ #ÖuHáŽ#Â-¥V1©£N‹—¢‹[„”gŠ7v›•6ƒÂT*¸Ø†Áã^êÓO@@¾6ðrÿÓÑSã<¿«­ë›|ój®[I¶ÿÞV:`Á¼¢8É>’Ó¬é×°'ôòÞ F~é5ù’v¾nY:ˆü ðûK蛵a¥ÌêÞ³@Y ‡¯Ðƒþ"ûŽpÔçAþ—ý*™’\ï Ð?kA©~k÷9ð and the person replied Something like it. I did not Message that, Like I got hacked...

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Also I cannot message

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I will send a screenshot

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Hacker19945738 wrote:

Hello When I opened my messages it showed that I said £xœÅ’MK1†ÿÊP°» ¥K½¸µÐÚ…E½¨=4MfÛ@6‰›‰mÿ»›í‡7ÁŠLæãÍÌà 찭(³íe05 +$ 5ÂìFBTèH ÏR ³q—òÓ¦`°¬šjn†w£R\EÜØ]\Òr£ ¹ú*j¬cÅQÁñJZ:zêr…%jïf"Þ«%]&DþV;o¥#ÔX(¼æ$Ž1÷ €]®¤]V‰ #ÖuHáŽ#Â-¥V1©£N‹—¢‹[„”gŠ7v›•6ƒÂT*¸Ø†Áã^êÓO@@¾6ðrÿÓÑSã<¿«­ë›|ój®[I¶ÿÞV:`Á¼¢8É>’Ó¬é×°'ôòÞ F~é5ù’v¾nY:ˆü ðûK蛵a¥ÌêÞ³@Y ‡¯Ðƒþ"ûŽpÔçAþ—ý*™’\ï Ð?kA©~k÷9ð and the person replied Something like it. I did not Message that, Like I got hacked...

same to me i dont think its hacked maybe just a bug

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EVERTHING I SAID TURNED INTO £xœÅ’MK1†ÿÊP°» ¥K½¸µÐÚ…E½¨=4MfÛ@6‰›‰mÿ»›í‡7ÁŠLæãÍÌà 찭(³íe05 +$ 5ÂìFBTèH ÏR ³q—òÓ¦`°¬šjn†w£R\EÜØ]\Òr£ ¹ú*j¬cÅQÁñJZ:zêr…%jïf"Þ«%]&DþV;o¥#ÔX(¼æ$Ž1÷ €]®¤]V‰ #ÖuHáŽ#Â-¥V1©£N‹—¢‹[„”gŠ7v›•6ƒÂT*¸Ø†Áã^êÓO@@¾6ðrÿÓÑSã<¿«­ë›|ój®[I¶ÿÞV:`Á¼¢8É>’Ó¬é×°'ôòÞ F~é5ù’v¾nY:ˆü ðûK蛵a¥ÌêÞ³@Y ‡¯Ðƒþ"ûŽpÔçAþ—ý*™’\ï Ð?kA©~k÷9ð

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Lol I am the Hacker

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It's gone.

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Or when you played yesterday but you forgot it

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Am guessing the only reason people would try to compromise sites like this is because if they do, they get access to username / password combinations that they can reuse on other more lucrative sites. Bottom line... use unique username / password combinations to prevent problems for yourself!