Hackers have developed a man-in-the-middle attack that targets World of Warcraft gamers.

"The ruse relies on tricking gamers into installing Trojans disguised as gaming ad-ons," writes The Register's John Leyden. "Once applied the malware allows hackers to capture and relay authentication commands next time a victim logs on to Blizzard's servers."

"The hackers divert and then relay authentication commands before looting gaming accounts for virtual gold, presumably for resale," Leyden writes. "Meanwhile the results of a failed login are played back to victims, effectively locking them out of their compromised accounts for at least the time needed to pull off the scam."

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