Blizzard Confirms World of Warcraft Hacks, Issues Security Warning
In-game gold being laundered
Blizzard has confirmed a series of unauthorised World of Warcraft account logins through both its website and the mobile armory app, with large quantities of gold having been laundered off.
In a security warning the company said, "We’re in the process of notifying any account holders who were not using an authenticator and whose account showed signs of unauthorized access (e.g., logging in from an unusual IP address). If you are among this group, you will receive an email describing how to reset your account.
"As a result of these activities, access to the World of Warcraft auction house via the mobile app has been taken off-line temporarily. Upon request, our customer support team will restore in-game items and gold for any accounts impacted."
As reported by WoWInsider, affected users have found that large amounts of their in-game gold has been spent on over-priced white-quality goods, a process which serves as a means to launder gold to the posting player.
In a security warning the company said, "We’re in the process of notifying any account holders who were not using an authenticator and whose account showed signs of unauthorized access (e.g., logging in from an unusual IP address). If you are among this group, you will receive an email describing how to reset your account.
"As a result of these activities, access to the World of Warcraft auction house via the mobile app has been taken off-line temporarily. Upon request, our customer support team will restore in-game items and gold for any accounts impacted."
As reported by WoWInsider, affected users have found that large amounts of their in-game gold has been spent on over-priced white-quality goods, a process which serves as a means to launder gold to the posting player.
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