Tuesday, 6. February 2007

Pirated Game Servers - Hacker Attracts 50,000 Subscribers to Online Game


It common to go up against law enforcement in video games. Such titles as Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row prove that playing it bad can be fun. But in real life it is far from a game. That’s what one gamer learned when he attempted to run a pirated server for the popular Lineage II online role-playing game. The FBI’s Web site is reporting how a California man obtained the title’s source code, and then went on to set a server that attracted more than 50,000 subscribers.

Online IP Theft Is Not a Game

fbi.gov

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