This World Of Warcraft Command Line Could Scam Gamers Of Their Gold

Blizzard has stressed multiple times in the past that one should be wary of who they interact with on World of Warcraft. While most gamers are there to play the game, there are some who are there for more nefarious purposes, whether it be to hack your account and steal your gold, or worse, try to glean credit card information and steal your real-life money.

That being said, the folks at G Data Security Blog have recently discovered a scam that could potentially leave your account with zero gold. This is thanks to a seemingly innocuous chat command line that when activated could give the hacker control over your account, or at least to a certain extent.

According to their post, “In WoW, players have the possibility to trade items among each other. For this, the two characters need to be in physical proximity and can then exchange items. If the attacker knows the victim’s character’s location and is within range of the victim’s in-game character, he can now remotely open a trade window, add items and/or gold on the victim’s side and hit the “Accept Trade” button. He can virtually rob the victim.”

So what can players do to prevent getting hacked? Basically don’t enter the code. As for players that are a bit more green when it comes to these online scams and hacks, Blizzard seems to have implemented a warning message when scripts are entered, giving players the option of choosing whether or not to proceed.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Blizzard, Security, World of Warcraft