World of Warcraft hacked
Employees of an event company dressed as ‘World of Warcraft’ characters pose at the global sales premiere kick off of the new ‘World of Warcraft: Cataclysm’ game shortly before midnight at MediaMarkt on Dec. 6, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
Avert your eyes.
On Sunday night hackers stormed major cities in the online adventure game World of Warcraft and killed innocent avatars everywhere.
Forbes quoted a player:
“It was really weird. I was [away from keyboard] for like one minute, and when I came back I was dead and so were everyone else. Really creepy. I wonder what happened.”
"The entire populations of Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Tarren Mill, Ragnaros, Draenor and Twisting Nether – both avatiars and NPCs – were wiped out completely for about four hours. What appears to have happened is that one or more Level 1 characters was able to execute a script that invoked a spell called Aura of God to kill everyone around."
A Youtube video uploaded Sunday said, "one of the hackers … went across different servers with a level 1 char, flying around and insta-killing everyone. Happened over several hours, filling Stormwind with death. Initial reports of the Rapture were found to be incorrect."
Blizzard HQ issued a statement:
“We apologize for the inconvenience some of you experienced as a result of this and appreciate your understanding.”
It appears no permanent damage was caused, and players are now back to slaying dragons.
Here's video of the carnage:
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