Beware of Malicious Websites!

[Stratics News]

Hey everyone,

In the past few days, you might have seen a message or been messaged directly by a person or bot posing as an official Albion Online account. The content of this message varies, but it essentially contains two things:

• a promise of a free reward of some sort - usually Gold or Silver
  
• redirection to a website that is not albiononline.com

We have seen these messages distributed in the game, via our Forum and also on Discord. The goal of these fraudsters is to get you to log into their website (which might look like the official website, except for the website address), and by doing so provide them with credentials of your Albion Online account.



HERE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING:

• We have reached out to the host provider of the websites in question and will attempt to to take them down as soon as possible
  
• We are also always on the lookout for these messages and accounts to ban them
  
• Your Albion Online account has an additional security step where - if logging in from a new device/IP - will require a verification code, which is sent to your email. In practice, this means that if fraudsters receive your Albion Online credentials, they will not be able to log in, unless they also have access to your email account. It is therefore important that you take some security measures:

HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• USE STRONG, UNIQUE PASSWORDS. DO NOT USE THE SAME PASSWORD FOR YOUR VARIOUS ONLINE ACCOUNTS, ESPECIALLY YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT - if one account gets compromised in such case, all accounts are at risk of being breached
  
• Check publicly published email breach databases (such as https://haveibeenpwned.com). If your email is found there, make sure to change your passwords immediately!
  
• Make use of security measures offered by your email provider, such as 2-factor authentication, for additional protection
  
• Always carefully check the website address to ensure you are not logging into a malicious website, posing as an official website
  
• You can look at your Albion Online verified devices and deauthorize devices you do not recognize or devices that are no longer in use
  
• If you receive a message from a fraudster posting a malicious website, report them to us immediately
  
• Lastly, share the link to this announcement and security instructions to your friends and guildmates

Stay safe out there!

Elsa & Dev Team

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