Police raiding homes over thefts of Habbo Hotel furniture - Polidicks

[quote=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10207486.stm]Thieves have struck again in the virtual world Habbo Hotel. Finnish police are investigating up to 400 cases of theft, with some members reporting the loss of up to €1000 (£840) worth of virtual furniture and other items, according to Detective Sergeant Marko Levonen. "We have done five home searches in five cities in Finland," he said. This is not the first time Habbo Hotel, which allows users to meet friends and buy virtual goods, has been targeted. In 2007, a Dutch teenager was arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture worth thousands of euros on the site, which is believed to have more than 100 million registered "avatars". Phishing attack DS Levonen explained that several Habbo Hotel members contacted the police earlier this year, saying their virtual belongings had been stolen, and seeking help from the police. Continue reading the main story We see malicious attacks and trojans stealing accounts for all the games you can imagine, including World of Warcraft, Farmville and so on Miko Hypponen F-Secure The Finnish company Sulake, which owns Habbo Hotel subsequently identified several hundred more users who appeared to have been targeted, according to DS Levonen. The online thieves allegedly targeted users with fake web pages to capture usernames and passwords, in what is commonly known as an online "phishing" scam. "Habbo as a virtual world is targeted by thieves from all over the world," said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish internet security firm F-Secure. "We've seen Dutch hackers, Italians, Russians and others, and have investigated some of these cases previously with the company that runs Habbo." Common problem Mr Hypponen pointed out that Habbo is just one of many online games and virtual worlds being targeted by cyber-criminals: "We see malicious attacks and trojans stealing accounts for all the games you can imagine, including World of Warcraft, Farmville and so on. "Poker games for example are susceptible to trojans which share your cards with other players around the table. "When the TV stars play poker online, we're talking potential losses of hundreds of thousands of euros," he said. In the past, the theft of virtual goods has even given rise to serious physical harm. In 2005 a Chinese gamer was stabbed to death in a row over a sword in a game. Shanghai gamer Qiu Chengwei killed player Zhu Caoyuan when he discovered he had sold a "dragon sabre" he had been loaned. According to Finnish police, the Habbo Hotel investigation continues. A representative from Sulake was not immediately available for comment.[/quote] TL;DR some kids get phished, their habbo stuff is stolen, get butthurt and call police

No matter what it's still €1000 (£840) worth of virtual furniture and other items What a waste.

Habbo Hotel is still around?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH What the fuck.

It's pathetic that someone would spent €1000 on a game, and even more pathetic that the police is actually taking it serious and looking for the stolen furniture.

Pool's closed.

Serious business this.

1000 pounds. For pictures of furniture. You can buy twice as much real furniture in Ikea.

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That's so sad. Nice to see Sulake shows, that thief ain't something you just can do without consicenses (even if it's virtual stuff). But anyway, who the hell would steal virtual furniture worth 1000 pounds? It's not like your the coolest guy in 7th grade, if you own some virtual furnitures to that value, specially not if it's on Habbo.

habbo should have hire e-policemen

I doubt this is really about the fact that Habbo furniture is stolen. It's the phishing itself they are after. Still, the article is one big fat :downs: though.

A hundred million people play/played habbo? I seriously doubt that.

how the hell does the police find the furniture and how can they prove that it's stolen

[QUOTE=TrulliLulli;22309303]how the hell does the police find the furniture and how can they prove that it's stolen[/QUOTE] And why didn't they just contact the habbo devs?

The only computer related crime police should get involved in is when a hack or virus is responsible for monetary or personal loss. Phishing is just the consequence of people being stupid and gullible.

[QUOTE=Arachnidus;22309938]The only computer related crime police should get involved in is when a hack or virus is responsible for monetary or personal loss. Phishing is just the consequence of people being stupid and gullible.[/QUOTE] This. Phishing scams are like the natural selection of the internet, if you are stupid enough to fall for one you deserve what ever you loose.

Who would even spend >$1000 on such a game. D:

Oh god, I just killed someone in GTA4, and now i hear a banging at my door. OH SHIT THE DOOR JUST BROK-

Wouldn't be as bad as blowing $10,000 on virtual hookers. But damn, it feels cool for a while :smug:

[QUOTE=Crimor;22309263]A hundred million people play/played habbo? I seriously doubt that.[/QUOTE] Half of them were 4channers, who played once, just for trolling...

Maybe they should be raiding their habbo hotel room. On side note, I'll make a Hobba Motel. Filled with smut. Whos willing to invest?

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;22307864]Pool's closed.[/QUOTE] With police tape this time.

[QUOTE=Kendra;22310044]Who would even spend >$1000 on such a game. D:[/QUOTE] Who would spend >1000$ on a game anyway ?

And this is why I love that scamming is not against the rules in eve, so many idiots that give you free money.

Who the fuck is this stupid. They fell for phishing? That sucks for them, but if they are that stupid then I kind of feel like deserve it...

No singular person spent that much on a game. It was everyone combined.

[QUOTE=lulzbocks;22307864]Pool's closed.[/QUOTE] Beat me to it

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;22312443]Who would spend >1000$ on a game anyway ?[/QUOTE] MMOs?

I never really understood the appeal behind Habbo for some people. Just seems like a 3D chatroom. More so how people will dump money into that. Considering the type of people who will be using Habbo, I'm not surprised hackers would go after it.