![A script that causes WoW in-game damage World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you dearly](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/4/GDATA_SecurityBlog_wow_script_CHAT_MSG_ADDON_code_anonym_bb952f8655.png)
World of Warcraft: one simple line of code can cost you dearly
A few days ago, a new type of gold/item scam made the rounds. Usually scamming in MMORPGs is done using social engineering techniques, e.g. an attacker sells a fake item code for alleged in-game items like mounts to a potential victim for in-game currency. But this most recent kind of attack does…