'I had a golden ticket to victory': Guy counter-hacks a young 'hacker', the successfully teaches him a lesson and steals back his account

There are some RPG games that you put your whole heart and soul into. It takes weeks, months, and sometimes years to build up the riches in your profile as you do side quests, engage in raids, and tackle the game's storyline. For OG gamers who played Runescape, you know exactly how much work goes into creating an envy-worthy account. That account becomes your baby.

Gamers in our next tale experienced the greatest woes known to man: They got hacked. After building up a solid profile (one they claimed was worth at least $5,000 to a buyer), one gamer's success was met with jealousy and, ultimately, theft. After getting their prized account stolen from a hacker online, they quickly learned that the thief was a dirtbag teenager pushing the limits online. But how do you take back what's rightfully yours in this situation?

Scroll for the entire story of how a pair of gamer friends totally pwned the pinheaded young hacker who stole their account, taunted them, and finally learned a valuable lesson about privacy on the internet.

Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer

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