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| Lineage hacker gang arrested in Korea |
| Monday, July 11, 2005 at 15:49 by Kathleen Hill |
Authorities in Korea arrested a gang of hackers today, suspected of stealing from online game players and hacking popular web sites to seed password stealers.
A 37-year-old man named Lee is said to have hired eight Chinese hackers who installed Trojan horses on popular Korean web sites and are said to have stolen 50,000 usernames and passwords in May. Another 37-year-old, named Cho, is alleged to have launched a denial-of-service attack against a popular massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) web site and stole $150,000 in "cyber-money" from users of the game. A third man named Kim, 22, is said to have used a Trojan horse to have stolen $50,000 in "cyber-money".
In the last couple of weeks, the media has reported that MSN Korea's web site had been hacked and malicious code planted that would steal from players of the popular Lineage fantasy online game.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos said,
"MMORPGs have proven incredibly popular, particularly in South Korea, with online games have tens of thousands of active members spending hours playing every night. Hackers are actively trying to steal from other players, whether it be "cyber-money", spells or armoury - these are sometimes sold for real money via the Internet. By stealing usernames and passwords, hackers can break into these games and steal other player's virtual identities and belongings. It's good to hear that the Korean police are working hard to catch online criminals."
Multi-player online games whose players have been targeted by viruses and Trojan horses in the past include "Lineage", "Outwar" and "Legend of Mir 2". In December 2004, a British youth received a six-month suspended sentence for his part in distributing the Randex worm, with the intention of gaining points in "Outwar".
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| What about their real names ?
Thats like saying " Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones and Mr. Bloggs."
How vague ?! So if your in china, its most likely your neighbour cos 90% of china is cho, kim and lee's.
As long as they stay away from WoW im fine with it.
I've met a few 'farmers' in there who simply play to gether resources etc and sell the characters on ebay. funny that ppl would actually pay for it really. i have no sympathy. |
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| How do they do that? It seems that they are reading all our e_mail and all. |
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