The British hacker who fleeced Zynga Poker for 400 billion chips, which have an official worth of $US12 million, $US300,000 on the black market, will serve two years in prison.
Ashley Mitchell did a poor job of covering his tracks after breaking into a Zynga server running the casino game and robbing it of the virtual currency. He was caught after selling off a third of his loot for $US100,000, admitted his crimes and was sentenced last week.
The Guardian has the blow-by-blow of how he managed to pull it off and get caught.
British hacker jailed over £7m virtual gaming chips scam [The Guardian, via VG247]
Jamie Watt
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 11:14 AMNot only did he still pretend money from “Game” makers Zynga but he even comitted a real crime and stole Wi-Fi from his neighbours. Tut tut tut.
Sughly
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 11:29 AMIt’s not like Zynga’s never stolen anything from anybody…