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ID Theft Victims Sue NCSoft in South Korea

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-their-settlement-in-adena dept.

greyfeld writes "South Korean lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit against NCSoft related to the identity theft of 230,000 people whose information was then used to register accounts on Lineage and Lineage2. From the Vnunet article: 'Most of the identify thefts took place over the past six months as underground gaming syndicates stole victims' official Korean ID numbers in hacking attacks and used them to register hundreds of thousands of Lineage accounts...the new accounts were then 'farmed' by low paid workers in Chinese gaming sweatshops to generate 'gold' and other game-world items that could be sold for real world cash.'"

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  1. Just get out. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What would be the problem of the US backing out of North Korea? I'd like to see what would happen if all business just left, and they were forced to fend for themselves. Could they make by doing as well as they are now?
     
    It's a little annoying how they're mimicking the EU's obnoxiousness with the 'antitrust' garbage that they're throwing at MS and things like this.

  2. In soviet russia by snutte · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia gold farms you!