Runscape computer hacker arrested

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30-11-2009, 11:21 PM
Dimmers

Runscape computer hacker arrested

A hacker has been arrested for stealing players' identities, skills, weapons and virtual money in an online computer game.
In the first case of its kind, the 23-year-old man was held for hijacking hundreds of teenage boys' accounts to gain access to their hard-won virtual abilities.
The boys were taking part in RuneScape, a medieval fantasy game which has more than 100million players worldwide.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0YO7CF7TJ

23 year old man? made me laugh.

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30-11-2009, 11:32 PM
Mint

Nice to see the police are protecting our Runescape accounts now, I'm serious. :)
01-12-2009, 12:01 AM
Laggings.

Now I gotta pw protect my phisher logs :l
01-12-2009, 12:17 AM
Neil

Don't see why this is news really, if the player paid for membership the hacker has stolen from him, he is being arrested for stealing, not hacking, otherwise the arrest is just plain stupid.
01-12-2009, 12:55 AM
IceNineKills

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mint

Nice to see the police are protecting our Runescape accounts now, I'm serious. :)

you dont even play anymore.
01-12-2009, 05:06 AM
Rashelly

Quote:

Police believe the hacker obtained password details through a so-called phishing scam where a fake internet page tricks users into handing over their personal information.

anyone who falls for that deserves to be hacked.
03-12-2009, 06:20 PM
Oleh

i dont think he should be arrested, he phished them not hacked, they willingly gave him there infos
03-12-2009, 11:12 PM
BobX

ILL GET OUT OF THERE PRISON ONE DAY!
04-12-2009, 10:07 PM
Wizzdom

Now that's funny
08-12-2009, 07:21 PM
StefanWolves

It says on that webpage ''A RuneScape account was recently sold on eBay for £46,000.00.'' What on earth? what account was this?

Who would spend that much on a game? absolutely crazy.
08-12-2009, 08:24 PM
Arch

i wish i could sell my account for that much
09-12-2009, 10:11 AM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

It says on that webpage ''A RuneScape account was recently sold on eBay for £46,000.00.'' What on earth? what account was this?

Who would spend that much on a game? absolutely crazy.

completely off topic, but I'm sure habbox will get over it... I live right next to wolves football ground and would like to express my hatred for you fans waking me up on match days :(
09-12-2009, 10:17 AM
StefanWolves

Great isn't it. ;)

Maybe you should actually go to football games, then you will see what the hype is all about.
09-12-2009, 10:21 AM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

Great isn't it. ;)

Maybe you should actually go to football games, then you will see what the hype is all about.

I don't like football :( But I can watch it from my friends room... Does that count?
09-12-2009, 10:21 AM
lBlue

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

Great isn't it. ;)

Maybe you should actually go to football games, then you will see what the hype is all about.

WE CAN'T HAVE FEMALES AT FOOTBALL GROUNDS YOU MAD MAN.
09-12-2009, 10:22 AM
StefanWolves

SEXISM HAS NO PLACE IN SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't know it was a women. :rolleyes:
09-12-2009, 10:24 AM
lBlue

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

SEXISM HAS NO PLACE IN SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't know it was a women. :rolleyes:

You might be saved from embarrassment if it admits it's a shemale, don't blush too much just yet. Wait for it's response.
09-12-2009, 10:26 AM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by lBlue

WE CAN'T HAVE FEMALES AT FOOTBALL GROUNDS YOU MAD MAN.

I'm going to go, just for that

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

SEXISM HAS NO PLACE IN SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't know it was a women. :rolleyes:

technically i'm not a women
09-12-2009, 10:29 AM
lBlue

Quote:

Originally Posted by lBlue

You might be saved from embarrassment if it admits it's a shemale, don't blush too much just yet. Wait for it's response.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashelly

technically i'm not a women

:):):):):):):):):)
09-12-2009, 10:31 AM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by lBlue

:):):):):):):):):)

I'm not a shemale :)
I'm a womAn, not a womEn. :P
09-12-2009, 10:35 AM
StefanWolves

women, woman, same thing.
09-12-2009, 02:55 PM
Orangeesh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashelly

I'm not a shemale :)
I'm a womAn, not a womEn. :P

Never thought I'd see you say that Rach,

As to the hacker guy... lol for getting caught.
Edit: He only got a caution anyway.
09-12-2009, 04:32 PM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orangeesh

Never thought I'd see you say that Rach,

You never thought I'd say I wasn't a shemale? :o
09-12-2009, 06:55 PM
Black_Apalachi

Is it really the first time anyone has been arrested for theft of Runescape items? I've heard of at least two cases of it with Habbo so I wouldn't call this 'the first of its kind'.
09-12-2009, 07:04 PM
StefanWolves

I agree, weren't it two Dutch people who got arrested for phishing Habbo accounts? :P
09-12-2009, 07:33 PM
Orangeesh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashelly

You never thought I'd say I wasn't a shemale? :o

Always thought it was kinda obvious...... Gender: Female
guess not though :P
09-12-2009, 08:04 PM
Kipp

LOL glad he got arrested. Shouldn't be hacking people to be honest.
09-12-2009, 09:14 PM
BadRomance

Sad man - @46k account - it was Season's coz it was hacked but season got it back
09-12-2009, 09:33 PM
Rashelly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orangeesh

Always thought it was kinda obvious...... Gender: Female
guess not though :P

I'm actually an old, hairy man IRL :p
10-12-2009, 08:46 AM
Bun

lol if he goes to prison.
"what you in for?"
"murder, you?"
"scamming runescape"
10-12-2009, 11:06 PM
raspberrys

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolves,

It says on that webpage ''A RuneScape account was recently sold on eBay for £46,000.00.'' What on earth? what account was this?

Who would spend that much on a game? absolutely crazy.

Depends how good the account is, i'd assume a max total account or near max for that much.

Seems fair, considering an account with that high stats would take a good few years to earn that much, with a reasonably good job with a nice salary you could earn that in a couple years.
10-12-2009, 11:30 PM
Alkaz

Quote:

Originally Posted by HC0R3H00LIH00P

i dont think he should be arrested, he phished them not hacked, they willingly gave him there infos

They hardly willingly gave him their details, there were tricked by him into a fake site etc where he tricked them into entering their details.
06-01-2010, 07:40 PM
Jay.

"Players can also buy 'magical' potions - including one to make teenagers' spots disappear. "

huh? Can you? LOL

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