I've found a large amount of hacked accounts

#0 - July 11, 2010, 1:33 a.m.
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Dear Blizzard, If you cared about people and their well being do what I simply did after finding out a hacker was in Hellfire Ramparts. Whisper every single person in hellfire ramparts( A GM) asking them simply what they are doing. out of the roughly 10 people in hellfire ramparts 1 person whispered me back saying he was doing old quests and achievements he never did before, where as every other person in there gave me no reply, and when i asked them when they ran out of Ramparts "You a hacker" not a single one replied they simply ran out and ran back in within 5 seconds.

It's simple all these people in hellfire ramparts right now are hacked accounts. its pathetic i found this out in a matter of minutes and blizzard A) didnt notice this before and B) hasnt done nothing about it.

Also if you notice something, every person in hellfire ramparts is also a PLATE wearer or a druid in BEAR form. For the love of the people who pay you all this money every month ATLEAST TRY to get rid of the hackers.

Sincerely, a person who cares about other peoples accounts.
#91 - July 25, 2010, 3:50 a.m.
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It's funny that someone else has noticed the trend of hackers in Hellfire


Where a character is may spend its time while an account is compromised may be a trend, but to say that everyone in Hellfire is on a compromised account, which was the original point made in this thread, is a bit of an overstatement.

You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see", as the Hatter so eloquently pointed out.

There is nothing suspicious about farming materials in and of itself and people may and do play from all over the world, if the behavior on the account is detected as suspicious or even against our Terms of Use we will take appropriate actions.

These issues are farr more complicated then most people think though, so I thank the OP and many others in this thread for their interest, though the best thing to do if you suspect suspicious behavior is to report is via an in-game petition and we will look into it.

We are both proactive and reactive in our approaches to addressing these issues, if you have a suggestion regarding our methods you are welcome to post in the Suggestion forum where our Developers and policy makers can review your feedback.