Mitchell’s story reads like a textbook bungled burglary. He hacks into a Zynga server, running popular online card game Zynga Poker, and steals 400 billion of the game’s betting chips, which have an official worth of around $US12 million.
Only once stolen, they’re not worth anywhere near that much. Outside the bounds of the game, on the black market, they’re “only” worth $US300,000. And Mitchell could only offload a third of them before he was caught.
He’s admitted his crimes to a British court and, once convicted, faces “a substantial jail term”.
Hacker admits stealing $US12million worth of poker chips from US gaming company [Herald Express]
Eddy Ed
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 5:11 PMand I woulda gotten away with it too, it it weren’t for you meddlin’ kids.
Eddy
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 5:35 PM+1
Kyall
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 7:13 PMHe used hacking for the greater good, petition for royal pardon for this man? anyone? “The petition for the release of the warrior against personal information theft.” Someone start that if only for the lulz.