 | BBC NEWS | Technology | Cursor hackers target WoW playersApril 6th, 2007 |
Courtesy of Mike Rozak comes a pointer to this story about how Cursor hackers target WoW players. As you all know, Windows recently turned up a vulnerability in cursors that prompted security alters. Well, if you’re going to hack random users, what are you trying to get that is of value?
The answer seems to be WoW passwords and accounts, for sale on the gray market.
I think we’ll be seeing more of this as the gray market continues to thrive and the value of virtual currencies keeps going up.
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