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MMOG Gangsters Brought to Justice

Posted by Zonk on from the crime-doesn't-pay-forever dept.

The Inquirer is reporting on the crackdown of a virtual gang by police. The officers caught the thugs who are "charged with stealing virtual wonga [ed. - UK slang for money] and around 50,000 usernames and passwords from multi-playing gamers. The ringleader, a Mr Lee, is reported to have hired a gang of Chinese hackers who sent in the Trojan horses to pinch the online identities."

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  1. Notice the sublte uses by DeanMeister · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Y'know, there is alot of very subtle prejudices in that article. "South Koreans are the most wired-up of all Earthfolk and waste hours of their lives engaging in online gaming and assuming virtual identities in role-playing games." Not only does that assume that every Korean is addicted to MMO's, note also the use of the word "waste" thrown in very casually. Also, "Hackers are actively trying to steal from other players" that makes it sound like the second you get into an MMO your system is subject to the whim of every criminal mastermind on the planet. I dunno, just something I noticed.

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  2. nice wording, ass! by ISaidItOmega · · Score: 2, Interesting
    From TFA:

    South Koreans are the most wired-up of all Earthfolk and waste hours of their lives engaging in online gaming and assuming virtual identities in role-playing games.

    Hahahaha, I guess South Koreans "waste" hours of their lives playing MMORPGS. Other people waste hours of their lives spewing poorly-written copy for an internet-only newspaper. I'll take the first, please.