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Lineage Identity Thefts

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Approximately 220,000 Lineage accounts were created with stolen identities on the South Korean servers. The prime suspects? Chinese gamers and farmers. (Of course.) Read: Identity theft feeds $1bn gaming black market. The South Korean gamers aren’t taking that shit lying down and are slaughtering the Chinese gamers in retaliation. Read: South Korean gamers stage online massacre of Chinese. I know what you’re thinking: how long until this scam arrives in other games with huge farmer operations? I dunno, maybe it’s already here. (dun dun DUN!) (More to read: The AP report, In South Korea, an online game led to identity theft.)

World of Warcraft Bot

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Follow the misadventures, the triumphs and the account bannings of the World of Warcraft Bot. The bot is about to begin Round 3, after 2 unfortunate bannings, and you can watch the fun on a live game cam (down as of this writing while they make adjustments to mask the bot’s identity and server). From the intro: “Confessions and exploitations of a World of Warcraft Botter. I show how it’s done, how much gold you can make and how you can powerlevel your own characters.” This is kind of like watching some dude on the freeway in a high-speed chase — will he crash? will he escape? will he /rude the news copters?