Another problem affecting Call of Duty and Warzone users is related to account security. Many have reported having their accounts stolen , completely losing access to their profiles and forgetting all their unlocked skins and weapons. Therefore, it's highly recommended that you keep these details in mind to avoid becoming a victim.
Has my account been stolen?
If during a game of Warzone or Cold War multiplayer you experience a sudden disconnection, something weird is going on. Normally these disconnections are due to a failure in the servers or a specific crash, but in some cases they could mean the worst of the worst. Especially if you immediately receive an email from Activision informing you that you have linked your account with another service, that is when you should get worse. When you try to log into your account, you will get the message that the password is not correct, and when you try to recover it, you will be informed that the email has been recently changed.
It's very likely that your Activision account has been compromised , something that usually happens after creating a password. Given the numerous data breaches that have occurred in recent months, if you tend to use the same password across multiple services, your Activision account is probably extremely vulnerable.
How can a hacker get into my Call of Duty account?
The problem is how you manage your passwords. If you have used the same password in more than one service, the hacker only needs to take a look at many of the leaked lists on the internet with millions of accounts from all over the world. Thanks to these lists, the attacker can know the email and one of the passwords of his victim, so he only has to test the Activision website to discover if he uses the same password that he used in the service affected by the leak. .
To give you an idea, services like Dropbox and Facebook have suffered this type of massive data breach, so if your Dropbox password is the same as your Activision password, your Warzone profile will be extremely easy to steal. To find out if your account has been affected by any of these scandalous leaks, simply go to haveibeenpwned.com and enter the email address you want to check.
Check leaked accountsHow can I protect my Call of Duty account?
In order to offer greater security and peace of mind to the user, Activision activated a function that today is considered essential when it comes to protecting access to service and data. We are obviously talking about the two-step verification option, a method that will force you to enter an additional code each time you access your Call of Duty account.
The process is very simple, since, after configuring an authentication application on your mobile phone, we will only have to enter the code that this application provides us to complete the login each time we try. Thus, to be able to log in, you will always need to have access to your mobile phone, something that at first might be annoying, but in the end it represents the most secure protection against possible attacks.
How to enable two-step authentication
To activate the two-step authentication function in your Call of Duty account you must follow the following instructions:
- Access the Activision two-factor authentication activation page through the following link:
- Sign in to your Call of Duty account by entering your email and password or using your PSN, Xbox Live, Steam, or Battle.net credentials.
- Once logged in, you will see a QR code on the screen and you will be asked to have the Google Authenticator app installed. This application will be in charge of generating the random code that the Activision servers will detect as valid.
- With the application installed on your mobile phone, open it and click on the + button to add a new service.
- We will select the option “Scan a QR code”.
- Use your mobile camera to scan the QR code you previously saw after logging into Call of Duty.
- The Google Authenticator app will have added the connection to Activision and will display a temporary number code that will expire after a few seconds.
- Use this code in the "Code" box that you will see in the two-step authentication activation process, and also enter the password of your Call of Duty account in the "Password" section.
- Now you only have to press activate so that the process is completed and you have everything perfectly configured.
If clicking activate returns an error, it may be because the Google Authenticator application code has expired, so please review the code again and enter it more quickly to activate it correctly.
How to recover a stolen Call of Duty account
If two-step protection is late for you and your account is already in someone else's hands, you still have time to recover it. Due to the continuous wave of account thefts, Activision offers a support service from which they try to help affected users and return ownership of the accounts. Unfortunately this won't mean you get everything back, as your Call of Duty Points and accumulated rewards could be gone, so keep that in mind.
In order to recover your account you must follow the following steps:
- Access the Activision account recovery website
- You need a new Activision account, so you'll need to start by creating one. Remember to use an email that you can access without problems.
- With the account created, log in, and access the "Linked accounts" section.
- There you will have to link the accounts of other services that you normally use, such as your PSN account or your Xbox Live account.
- The next thing you will have to do is access step 2, and for this you will have to log in with the new account that you just created.
- After doing so, the recovery form of your original account will appear, where you must enter the email of the stolen account, the approximate day of the theft of the account, which games have been affected and some extra details that can help with the process.
- Finally, fill in the captcha and proceed to send the information. If all goes well, within 10 days you should hear from Activision, and hopefully you'll get your account back with full privileges.