Authenticator failure revisited, Blizzard responds

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8-05-2008 @ 7:43PM

Aichon said...

As a later poster here says, WoWInsider's reporting seems to leave a little to be desired on this particular topic.

What Belfaire actually said, if you read the original topic and all of his posts, not just the linked one, is that when the password was changed on the account, the "hacker" had to provide the serial number from the backside of the Authenticator, which means that THE HACKER HAD PHYSICAL ACCESS TO THE AUTHENTICATOR. That's like giving away your car key and then being surprised when it gets stolen later, and to hear WoWInsider's reporting, it sounds like they're willing to entertain the idea that it might somehow be the car maker's fault that the car owner gave away their key.

There is NOTHING Blizzard can do if someone compromises physical access to their computer and other resources. The way this article should be reading is that the person's idiocy was finally exposed by Belfaire, in as gentle a way as possible.

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