Friedman also said he appreciates that Blizzard is acting quickly to shut down accounts after they have been compromised, since it alerts players to problems with their computers.
"I think that it is good that they are so quick to ban the account," he said. "I would not have been aware of this situation if they had not been so quick to act. Who knows what other types of information could have been accessed?"
There are more than 8 million WoW players, so even if tens of thousands are finding their accounts compromised, that's still a very small percentage of the total.