Hackers massacred 1000's of harmless   Entire world of Warcraft gamers when they unleashed "a get rid of hack" before. Towns all about Azeroth were littered with piles of skeletons &mdash equally participant and NPC characters &mdash following degree one people have been able to stroll into major cities and decimate the total population like a plague.

Blizzard seems to have fastened the issue that permitted the hack, but the perpetrators have attempted to "justify" their steps.

"We didn't do any everlasting hurt," the unknown killer claimed on a forum ( by means of ). "Some folks favored it for a new subject of discussion and a funny stream to view, and some individuals didn't. The men and women who didn't really should be blaming Blizzard for not correcting it faster ( several hours of obvious use is sad ).

"It's not like I additional 20,000,000 gold to absolutely everyone 's stock and b roke the market, but seem at the massive Chinese gold vendor firms who are carrying out this each and every day. Now consult by yourself who is really ruining the video game. It's not us."

"That's my justification," the post determined.

The perpetrators recorded on their own clearing the Conclusion Time dungeon in about three minutes, but determined to nuke cities right after discovering the hack was about to get preset. The consequence was hundreds of fatalities and tons of movies and screenshots of the massacres getting posted to the internet.

"We had to. The initially account ban for employing the destroy hack was issued around 30 minutes ahead of we commenced nuking towns. We did so since we realized it was going to be mounted," 1 of the hackers described. 

Innocent people can now saf ely and securely log again into  Earth of Warcraft no cost of worry from these "terrorist"-like assaults. Blizzard has hotfixed the exploit and responded to the condition, assuring players that they are conducting a "thorough investigation".

Blizzard Neighborhood Supervisor Nethaera wrote:

Previously currently, certain realms have been impacted by an in- game exploit, ensuing in the fatalities of participant characters and non- participant people in some of the key towns. This exploit has by now been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It's safe and sound to proceed taking part in and adventuring in major towns and elsewhere in Azeroth.

As with any exploit, we are taking this disruptive motion very severely and conducting a complete investigation. If you have info relating to this incident, you should electronic mail hacks@blizzard.com. We apologize for the inconvenience some of you knowledgeable as a outco me of this and value your knowing.

Oh, the joys of taking part in an MMO. What do you think ? Did you discover the condition humorous or would you be pissed if it transpired to you?