Thieves target MMOs

[Aeife/Niamb]

Article on hackers stealing accounts to sell off the contents on CNN:

www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/08/15/microsoft.games.reut/index.html

[Terina/Sinaroc]

Nothing really new, been going on for years. Figures it is only now that microsoft says something. :/

[Aeife/Niamb]

I imagine it is also because World of Warcraft has gotten so huge. Suddenly the market for gold and other items has exploded in size. It is bigger than UO or EQ ever were, by a very large margin.

An attractive food source always attracts predators.