Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered

When World of Warcraft’s newest expansion went into Alpha (or Friends and Family) testing on May 1st Blizzard had to get the client to it’s testers in some way. It used the standard method of hosting it on it’s servers and allowing people to download the installer, however when the client went on-line they didn’t at first spot their major mistake.

They forgot to password protect the download.

For the average gamer such as you and I this doesn’t mean a whole lot, our accounts still need to be flagged to allow access to the Alpha so having the client installed would just mean hard disk space going to waste, however there are those out there that can do something with the client. It began with the less questionable practice of taking a peak at the files in the directories and then having a closer look at said files using a few choice tools to find names of new weapons, areas and maybe even images. Also even without access to the servers, players could still get access to the login and character creation screen so it took no time at all for Death Knights of all shapes and sizes to appear.
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