BBC NEWS | Technology | Cursor hackers target WoW players
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Apr 062007
Courtesy of Mike Rozak comes a pointer to this story about how Cursor hackers target WoW players. As you all know, Windows recently turned up a vulnerability in cursors that prompted security alters. Well, if you’re going to hack random users, what are you trying to get that is of value?
The answer seems to be WoW passwords and accounts, for sale on the gray market.
I think we’ll be seeing more of this as the gray market continues to thrive and the value of virtual currencies keeps going up.
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Unless stolen passwords are legal for sale in all the countries in which they’re sold, I think you mean black market. From Wikipedia:
“The grey market (or gray market) refers to the flow of new goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer. Used or pre-owned goods are just that: used. Only new products fall under the legal, accepted definition of grey market.
Unlike those on the black market, grey market goods are not illegal. Instead, they are being sold outside of normal distribution channels by companies which may have no relationship with the producer of the goods.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_market
There’s very little that’s “grey” about this.