Monday, October 22, 2012

World of Warcraft hackers exploiting a flaw in the game and caused the death of thousands of characters

" On Monday, some kingdoms were affected in a feat of arms by the death of characters active and non-active characters in some major cities , "said an official on a blog of Warcraft community-owned Blizzard Entertainment. 

" This action has already been countered, so it can not be repeated. You can continue to play and venture safely in cities or elsewhere in Azeroth , "said the manager of avatar whose name is" Nethaera. " " We (the action) very seriously and are conducting a thorough investigation , "she said. 

Currently, the publishing company did not provide the number of characters that have been killed. According pluisuers specialized sites, victims would be counted in thousands.

The company apologized to its users and asked anyone in possession of contact information. The attack began on Sunday, according to the members of the online forumWoW Insider . 

On the security flaw as such, we know so far little. Hackers have managed to get hold of a power called "The aura of death" and that would allow wow gold players to level 1 to kill everything that is around you in a radius of several meters a simple click.

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