On-Line Character Theft

[schadeaux]

I found this article from 5-6 months ago, thought some of the on-line

player folks might be interested.

[summary]

According to a September BBC report, police in South Korea are

investigating some of the 22,000 complaints made already this

year by computer gamers that characters and property that they

have acquired in such all-consuming games as "EverQuest" and

"Ultima Online" have been stolen by hackers and sold to other

gamers to make their own playing more successful. Experts say

such theft of "intangibles" should be punishable by law, but the

value of the stolen property might be inconsequential, except to

those players whose entire lives revolve around a game and for

whom the acquisition of a character or property might have involved

hundreds of hours of playing. [bBC News, 9-29-03]

Full Story at BBC News

[fulltimekiller]

that happen to a couple of my friend this game was diablo 2