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Old 01-08-2010, 08:23 AM   #1
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Account Administration told not to restore hacked characters


In a stunning revelation from a veteran account administrator at Blizzard, WoW.com has learned that account administrators are being told by Blizzard managers not to restore people's characters and items after their account has been ransacked by gold sellers and keyloggers. Instead, account administrators are being told to give people a "care package" and get them to accept the package in lieu of total account restoration.

If the player does not accept this care package, they are then forced to go into a character restoration queue that is consistently several days to weeks long. According to sources familiar with the situation, this "care package policy" has been implemented in order to lighten the work load of those Blizzard employees who perform account restorations. Similar policies have existed at other times account compromises have been high, such as during the transition from Vanilla WoW to The Burning Crusade.

This care package being offered consists of the following:Continue reading Account Administration told not to restore hacked characters

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Account Administration told not to restore hacked characters originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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