• Hacker faces jail over chip theft
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-12357005[/url]
[quote]He is said to have resorted to hacking after becoming obsessed with online gambling and the Zynga Poker game in particular[/quote] :sigh: And they say violent video games are bad.
By the title I thought it meant computer chip. Either way it sucks for him.
[quote]The sheer amount of chips going missing tipped Zynga off that someone was stealing from it and a sting was set up to track and catch the thief.[/quote] Although the article was annoyingly vague on how he actually got admin access and stole the chips, this basically implies stealing a lesser amount may have let him get away? I mean 12 mil is quite a lot to take and people are always going to look at you. Why couldn't he have just gradually withdrawn the money or, hell, just take 500g and get out. That's still a huge amount of money.
They should be out catching the fucking rapists and murderers instead of focusing all of their attention on a fucking hacker stealing virtual poker chips. No one really cares, although it does suck for him.
[QUOTE=justin1992;27832470]They should be out catching the fucking rapists and murderers instead of focusing all of their attention on a fucking hacker stealing virtual poker chips. No one really cares, although it does suck for him.[/QUOTE] you get money for those chips [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] real money
[QUOTE=justin1992;27832470]They should be out catching the fucking rapists and murderers instead of focusing all of their attention on a fucking hacker stealing virtual poker chips. No one really cares, although it does suck for him.[/QUOTE] Why should Zynga be out catching rapists and murderers?
[QUOTE=justin1992;27832470]They should be out catching the fucking rapists and murderers instead of focusing all of their attention on a fucking hacker stealing virtual poker chips. No one really cares, although it does suck for him.[/QUOTE] [quote][b]The billions of poker chips had a face value of $12m (£7.4m)[/b][/quote] Hmm.
[QUOTE=justin1992;27832470]They should be out catching the fucking rapists and murderers instead of focusing all of their attention on a fucking hacker stealing virtual poker chips. No one really cares, although it does suck for him.[/QUOTE] Wow kid, you're smart. So its ok that he steals 12 million dollars because he's a hacker and not hurting anyone? Do you realize how long it would take you to make 12 million dollars? Do you realize that money isn't free and comes from hard work and time?
Whoah he stole [b]virtual[/b] poker chips?
[B]Virtual[/B] poker chips which can be cashed into [B]real[/B] money.
[QUOTE=hoot37;27832810][B]Virtual[/B] poker chips which can be cashed into [B]real[/B] money.[/QUOTE] Oh well, it's only Zynga.
He'd gotten away with it too if it weren't for those pesky hacker trackers.
[QUOTE=Murkat;27834090]He'd gotten away with it too if it weren't for those pesky hacker trackers.[/QUOTE] Damn should've inb4'd that shit, knew it was coming.
Came here expecting James Bond-esque computer chip theft, not disappointed.
ban zynga
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