24600 MMORG viruses

[Fortyniner]

"In the first half of 2008, McAfee's researchers counted about 24,600 versions of one type of malicious code aimed at stealing passwords from a variety of so-called "massive multiplayer" online games, compared with 26,000 aimed at stealing banking passwords. That's compared to 2007, when only about 11,000 species of the game-password stealing Trojans were found, compared with 21,000 bank-password stealing varieties."


Link to Forbes article

 

[Demonous]

dunno whats wrong with mine but normally i ping 15 to uo, now im pinging 350 and can barely move, out of the blue it jumped even after reboot

 

[Nexus]

"In the first half of 2008, McAfee's researchers counted about 24,600 versions of one type of malicious code aimed at stealing passwords from a variety of so-called "massive multiplayer" online games, compared with 26,000 aimed at stealing banking passwords. That's compared to 2007, when only about 11,000 species of the game-password stealing Trojans were found, compared with 21,000 bank-password stealing varieties."


Link to Forbes article

It's a matter of morality. It's a lot harder to ruin someone's real life than to destroy a virtual one.

 

[GarthGrey]

It's a matter of morality. It's a lot harder to ruin someone's real life than to destroy a virtual one.

It's a matter of the Punishment not fitting the Crime. As long as people continue to get a slap on the wrist for internet game hacking, the attempts will simply grow. It's just like shoplifting. As long as it remains a simple misdemeanor (sp?) it will continue. If "caught" hackers are underage, start tossing the parent/guardians in jail. It will drop from that alone.