Anonymity is illusory

[zhiva]

Tarren Mill (EU) server was lagging and crashing for several days. The reason of crashing were actions of one person.

This player discovered that spamming nacro

/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here
/cast Skill-Which-I-Won't-Name-Here

caused major lag and crashes to server. What would you do if you discovered such an exploit? I would report it to support team and never use it. This player decided to do exactly opposite. He spammed and spammed this macro, then told about it to several his friends (apparently <GameOver> guild) and they spammed it too. Birds of feather have flocked together?

In addition to being the assholes, these players also couldn't hold their tongues. Players of the Tarren Mill learned the name of mastermind behind the crashes. Athrigos.

Athrigos thought he was safe behind his avatar. He was wrong.

In less than 3 hours after his character's name became known, players found:
- his website, which was specified in his profile on unofficial Tarren Mill website;
- via Whois search - his real name and address;
- his Facebook account;
- a bunch of his other identities, including MSN, Skype and Youtube.

Now his Facebook and Youtube accounts are deleted. Is he going to move to other place?