Blizzard have announced the opening of the Russian forums on the EU WoW site:
[blue=http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=4672858937&pageNo=1&sid=1#0]We’re happy to announce that the Russian forums are now open, giving Russian-speaking players a place to gather and discuss about the upcoming Russian Technical Alpha, Localization Beta and release. Please observe the forum guidelines when posting, and especially note that the only allowed language on the Russian forums is, naturally, Russian.[/blue]
Poster Ysgarth has written a lengthy description on how the new Blizzard Authenticator works:
The Blizzard Authenticator is a token that you can put for example on your keychain. It has a little display that, once your press the button will generate a 6-digit number that changes every minute.
This number is used as a 1-time password. This means the password is only valid once. When you use it to log in, the code becomes invalid and any hacker trying to access your account later with the same number won’t be able to log in.
A hacker wanting to access your account will now, in addition to keylogging your username and password, have to physically break into your house and steal the authenticator to see what number it displays. But hackers are clever people. Isn’t there any way for them to know which number the authenticator is going to display? The answer is no, and here’s why.
Vaneras added a new Illidan wallpaper as seen below. Click for the largest resolution:
I look forward to the Russian realms going live, so I don’t have to PuG with russians who refuse to speak in English.