Major hack triggers World of Warcraft massacre

A major hack has taken place affecting large areas in World of Warcraft with all the characters in some of the major cities being wiped out after they fell foul of hackers using rogue exploits.

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Characters in Stormwind and Orgrimmar were all killed and the exploit is also reported to have spread to Tarren Mill, Ragnaros, Draenor, Twisting Nether and other cities.

Blizzard has today released a hotfix to prevent further attacks and issued the following statement.

Earlier today, certain realms were affected by an in-game exploit, resulting in the deaths of player characters and non-player characters in some of the major cities. This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It's safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in Azeroth.
As with any exploit, we are taking this disruptive action very seriously and conducting a thorough investigation. If you have information relating to this incident, please email hacks@blizzard.com. We apologize for the inconvenience some of you experienced as a result of this and appreciate your understanding.

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The video below has also surfaced showing the hack actually taking place from the point of view of one of the hackers.

Has anyone here been affected by these hacks?

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