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No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts

By Daniel Terdiman on 11 April 2007

"Tens of thousands" of players' accounts have been compromised with keylogging exploit, security experts say.

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  • <a href="http://www.recruit-gamers.com">WoW Guides</a> commented on 16/02/2009 13:40 Report abuse

    i've been hacked, although ''dramatic'' it isn't exactly the end of the world, you get it all back. only thing is not being able to raid for awhile :P

  • tobbebisse commented on 15/06/2007 23:00 Report abuse

    how can i hack a wow account?

  • Dia...............lup commented on 17/04/2007 20:01 Report abuse

    Get Dialup...

    I use dialup to play WoW... never been hacked, never had any untoward activity on my account, never had wierd things happen to me...

    ZOMGDIALUPFTW!!

  • Anti spyare User! commented on 13/04/2007 19:31 Report abuse

    I've seen this happen many times, and people still don't keep their software up to date! Its your fault if you are too lazy to bother with the simple task of even just visiting http://safety.live.com once in a while.

  • Anti-Keylogging Tools User commented on 13/04/2007 00:58 Report abuse

    Guys, why won't you install anti-keylogging tools? I have been playing WoW for 9 months and my account is still MINE!

  • Vista User commented on 12/04/2007 15:36 Report abuse

    Get Windows Vista!

  • anonymous commented on 12/04/2007 00:14 Report abuse

    My account was left naked by a hacker. I kept my system up to date along with the virus scanner. I waited almost two months for blizzard to give me an account restoration. I paid for subscription during this time. I received an email stating that blizzard cannot verify the items that I had. Then sent my 'Bind On Equip' items to 'compensate' and help retro fit my character for the expansion. My items were rare and valuable and often involved long nights hording through 40 man dungeons. Friendly forum posts on the wow website were deleted from the website when I asked for further help and when I called blizzard directly I was told that they can only help me online. I hope blizzard goes under because there customer service is a joke. They have done nothing to help their customers on this issue but recommend people update there systems. For me I didn't have that luxary as the keylogger was new and undetected. The least blizzard could have done was give me an account restoration and not screw me around for two months. My family has since quit there wow accounts out of fear that there hard work would be ruined also.

  • anonymous commented on 11/04/2007 19:45 Report abuse

    I lost my good friend to WoW addiction. I hope they hijack his account so he can't play anymore.

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