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Platapus · 07-25-08, 05:33 AM

Over the last few months over 1 million WoW accounts (approximately 1/10th of the total number of accounts) were hacked by a specialized keystroke recording virus.

The selling of Game "gold" and other in-game objects is becoming a business. Even if the average resale of the items in these 1 million accounts (which included access to any guild vaults), could be sold for only $100.00 on the internet. That adds up to $100,000,000. And the customer base for buying this stuff is there! Let's say that the corporation that ran this keylogger could only sell 1% of what they stole ( a pretty low estimate) that is still a potential return of $1,000,000. All they have to do is sell the stuff at a reasonable rate so not to saturate the blackmarket.

Hacking these type of games is no longer in the realm of 15 year old kids. It is a business. The return on investment for this crime is pretty good. This keylogger was undetectable by the majority of security scanning programs.

Hacking accounts and selling the items for real money has gotten so bad that Blizzard has started offering security code fobs for their customers to secure their accounts. This is one of the same technologies the government uses to safeguard highly sensitive information.

These online games and the hacking of same is big business. I expect other online games to have fobs soon.

Kudos to Blizzard for working the problem.

Frame57 · 07-25-08, 08:59 AM

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But these kids remind me of the quarky sorts who played D&D when I was in Junior High forty years ago. Maybe adults play it too, I dunno.

You mean this?

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/Sen_Larry_Craig.wmv

I cannot get this link to open?:hmm:

Platapus · 07-25-08, 01:32 PM

http://www.wowgold.net/2008/07/12/us...t-millionaire/

US gamer becomes first WoW Millionaire.

Guy buys 1,000,000 in game "gold" and pays US$40,000

wow!

The company he bought the gold from buys gold from players in the game. Perhaps even from account hackers.

There is real money in the MMORPG biz.

kiwi_2005 · 07-25-08, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Over the last few months over 1 million WoW accounts (approximately 1/10th of the total number of accounts) were hacked by a specialized keystroke recording virus.

Never type your password to log in. Have your password in notepad on the desktop when you load up wow just Copy & paste password to the log in. To many key-loggers out there aimed at WoW accounts. Some of the many mod sites contain keyloggers in their mods the sites usually are clean and give warnings before downloading, i always use mod sites recommended by blizzard.

07-25-08, 05:33 AM	#16
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Over the last few months over 1 million WoW accounts (approximately 1/10th of the total number of accounts) were hacked by a specialized keystroke recording virus. The selling of Game "gold" and other in-game objects is becoming a business. Even if the average resale of the items in these 1 million accounts (which included access to any guild vaults), could be sold for only $100.00 on the internet. That adds up to $100,000,000. And the customer base for buying this stuff is there! Let's say that the corporation that ran this keylogger could only sell 1% of what they stole ( a pretty low estimate) that is still a potential return of $1,000,000. All they have to do is sell the stuff at a reasonable rate so not to saturate the blackmarket. Hacking these type of games is no longer in the realm of 15 year old kids. It is a business. The return on investment for this crime is pretty good. This keylogger was undetectable by the majority of security scanning programs. Hacking accounts and selling the items for real money has gotten so bad that Blizzard has started offering security code fobs for their customers to secure their accounts. This is one of the same technologies the government uses to safeguard highly sensitive information. These online games and the hacking of same is big business. I expect other online games to have fobs soon. Kudos to Blizzard for working the problem. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-25-08, 01:32 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	http://www.wowgold.net/2008/07/12/us...t-millionaire/ US gamer becomes first WoW Millionaire. Guy buys 1,000,000 in game "gold" and pays US$40,000 wow! The company he bought the gold from buys gold from players in the game. Perhaps even from account hackers. There is real money in the MMORPG biz. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.