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224,400 cases of identity theft reported by NCSoft
Anna Bobbysocks Registered User Join date: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 373	03-03-2006 22:11 Hmm, lesseeee, that's twice the amount of people that have signed up for SL almost! (from terra nova) From: someone http://joongangdaily.joins.com/ February 20, 2006 The number of reports of identity theft for signing up with the online game "Lineage" from last Monday until yesterday morning exceeded 224,400, the operator NCsoft Corp. said yesterday. About 170,100 reports were made over the Internet and 53,400 cases were reported via telephone, fax and e-mail, according to the company. The "Lineage" site currently offers a service which enables people to check if their personal information has been used for subscription on any of more than 10,000 domestic Web sites. The National Police said yesterday its analyses of IP addresses of gamers using stolen personal information has revealed a majority of connections with the site was made in China. For more info: http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_list.php?where=article&kw=lineage&co=kt&sa=all&st=0&so=1&mode=gisa http://www.google.co.kr/search?hl=ko&newwindow=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-09%2CGGLG%3Ako&q=lineage+id+theft+korean&lr=
Zodiakos Absolute With a a dash of lemon. Join date: 6 Jun 2005 Posts: 282	03-03-2006 22:27 The stupid thing about that whole issue is more of the same mind-numbing litigation crap that's going on in this world. Instead of actually holding the people accountable who COMMITTED THE CRIME by stealing the information and using it in a fraudulent manner (nah, that would probably be too expensive), they are trying to squeeze money out of a large company using a class action lawsuit because... well, I guess they didn't try hard enough to verify that the person signing up was actually that person. I'm not sure how one can actually verify that information except when the credit card bill comes, but oh well. I would expect this kind of legal nonsense more in America though. The big news is that it's happening elsewhere.
Bertha Horton Fat w/ Ice Cream Join date: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 835	03-04-2006 22:49 Hard to sue people in China. They can apparently do whatever they want there-- so long as it doesn't hurt China it isn't considered free speech and therefore isn't worth oppressing. _____________________ Trapped in a world she never made!