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McAfee publishes virtual world fraud whitepaper

August 28th, 2008 (Visited 812 times) Tags: vw law

The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr. Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee’s Avert Labs says in a white paper entitled “Securing Virtual Worlds Against Real Attacks–The Challenges of Online Game Development.”

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gamedev.zi-yu.com wrote on August 28th, 2008 at 9:27 am:

McAfee publishes virtual world fraud whitepaper…

The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr. Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee’s Avert Labs says in a white paper entitled “Securin…

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Chas said on August 28th, 2008 at 11:38 am:
I’ve been talking about the potential criminal uses of virtual worlds with colleagues for a few years now… from theft to laundering to covert communiation. I’m interested in seeing what he whitepaper turned up and what further research these guys are planning. After all, we share the same goal (To get someone to pay us to “research” these games during our day jobs) and I’d be proud to contribute in any way I can with this critical national security and criminal justice challenge.