Monday, October 03, 2005


Scams Targeting Online Games: Old Phish With Fresh Bait
Netcraft - Sep 28 3:17 PM
The growing market for virtual currency and player accounts in online games may be attracting fresh attention from phishing scams, which have been targeting MMORPGs since at least 2002.

Worlds Apart
Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 02 12:44 AM
Green and tan, steel riveted to steel, menacingly large black guns mounted to the roofs, six gun trucks rumble toward the gate, stopping in a suffocating cloud of dirt and dust. * Out from the first vehicle, out from the dusty air, steps a tall, angular man in a bulky flak jacket. A knife is strapped to his chest. * He presses a full magazine into his rifle and turns to make sure his men

MMOG crime on the rise in Japan
Joystiq - Sep 08 12:12 PM
Police have arrested a 12-year-old boy from the Kanagawa prefecture (Japan) for stealing virtual goods in an unnamed MMOG. The boy had illegally accessed another players account in order to transfer goods from that account into his own. On 11 occasions he stole items from the other players character to add to his own. The value of each item is estimated to be at 100 yen (about $1). Read

Alternative MMOG Updates
Slashdot - Sep 23 2:48 PM
Heartless writes "If you aren't an Evercrack addict or a World of Warcraft fanatic then chances are you may just be interested in some of these updates for non-mainstream MMORPGs. First off we have Pirates of the Burning Sea accepting beta applications. Darkfall Online has a leaked gameplay video that they are not stopping and has also started taking clan applications for their beta test.

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