Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-01-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: World of Warcraft
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: World of Warcraft players are hit with a malicious trojan that hijacks accounts. The malware infects systems by posing as an installer of Curse, a legitimate add-on.