I am a regular reader of Steven Davis PlayNoEvil Blog, as should anyone be who is interested in game security and online fraud. Through one of the Playnoevil posts I learned about a string of posts on the WoW.com site relating to account security.

I think these are a very useful read for anyone interested in protecting online accounts, including individuals, game companies and policy makers.

According to the Toronto Star a fugitive wanted on drug charges in the United States was tracked to Canada. How you ask? Through his World of Warcraft activity.

He was known to be a regular World of Warcraft player and the police in the United States subpeonaed Blizzard to obtain his account information. This of course included the IP Address and my guess is that IP Address belonged in a range which is managed by a Canadian ISP…..et voilà!

Thanks to Sean Lonergan for forwarding this information to me.