I know there were plenty of scammers specifically targeting Final Fantasy XI community sites with these types of exploits to nab account details from players (and I'm sure WoW and all the other major MMOs were targeted as well). IIRC, that kind of activity was heaviest throughout 2007 and into early '08, although it seems to have died down a lot lately. Folks who got infected found their accounts getting hijacked, with their in-game money and valuables being shuffled off to mule accounts, where they're in turn sold off for real money.
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I know there were plenty of scammers specifically targeting Final Fantasy XI community sites with these types of exploits to nab account details from players (and I'm sure WoW and all the other major MMOs were targeted as well). IIRC, that kind of activity was heaviest throughout 2007 and into early '08, although it seems to have died down a lot lately. Folks who got infected found their accounts getting hijacked, with their in-game money and valuables being shuffled off to mule accounts, where they're in turn sold off for real money.