When Videogame Companies Help Prosecute Their Players

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When Videogame Companies Help Prosecute Their Players

Added: 31.05.2015 11:16 | 11 views | 0 comments

Forbes: Last year, Blizzard cooperated with the FBI to get two Diablo III players to plead guilty in criminal court over charges relating to a series of in-game thefts in summer after the games release. Patrick Nepomuceno and Michael Stinger spent a summer using a Remote Access Tool sent as as link sent through Diablo IIIs chat system to take control of other players computers and transfer gold and Legendary items to their own accounts. Reporting on the case for Fusion, Kashmir Hill recounts the duos plans to sell the stolen items through the games now defunct Auction House, a contentious addition to the game that allowed players to sell each other gear and items in exchange for real money.