WOW hack Attack Kills Thousands Of Players, Destroys Several Major Cities

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WOW hack Attack Kills Thousands Of Players, Destroys Several Major Cities

This weekend, a hacker, or small group of hackers, took advantage of an exploit in World of Warcraft that allowed them to take a couple of level 1 characters flying into all the major cities of Azeroth, killing every player and NPC with a single attack. The hack attack left every major city from Stormwind to Silvermoon City as total ghost towns.

PC Mag describes the outpouring of anger and bewilderment following the senseless massacre: The outrage began immediately, with players taking to the Blizzard forums en masse. JUSTICE, cried some, using all caps indiscriminately.

Some were struck nearly mad with outrage and grief. “They really should face legal action if Blizzard can track them down by home address,” Dreamlifter added. “This amount of disruption really is beyond just a minor thing or 2. Doesn’t matter is it is a bunch of kids or not, breaking the law is breaking the law. Think it is funny now, but when the police come in it won’t be so funny anymore.”

It doesn’t seem like game developer Blizzard Entertainment called the police, but it did manage to fix the problem. Company representatives also said that they were taking the hacker’s action “very seriously.”

“This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It’s safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in Azeroth,” the company said in a statement posted on a WoW forum. “As with any exploit, we are taking this disruptive action very seriously and conducting a thorough investigation.”

However, according to TG Daily, a hacker named “Jadd” has already claimed responsibility for the hack.

“We didn’t do any permanent damage. Some people liked it for a new topic of conversation and a funny stream to watch, and some people didn’t. The people who didn’t should be blaming Blizzard for not fixing it faster (4 hours of obvious use is sad),” “Jadd” wrote in a forum.

“It’s not like I added 20000000 gold to everyone’s inventory, and broke the economy; but look at the big Chinese gold seller companies, who are doing this every day. Now ask yourself who is really ruining the game. It’s not us.”

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