This story has a lot of interesting implications for virtual worlds. When the story first went around, it sounded like someone was arrested for stealing a virtual item, and in a sense, this is true. But the really critical issue is that the teens stole passwords to gain access to account that had money associated with them. This is just fraud.
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Friday, December 07, 2007
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Virtual theft' leads to arrest
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Virtual theft' leads to arrest

This story has a lot of interesting implications for virtual worlds. When the story first went around, it sounded like someone was arrested for stealing a virtual item, and in a sense, this is true. But the really critical issue is that the teens stole passwords to gain access to account that had money associated with them. This is just fraud.
This story has a lot of interesting implications for virtual worlds. When the story first went around, it sounded like someone was arrested for stealing a virtual item, and in a sense, this is true. But the really critical issue is that the teens stole passwords to gain access to account that had money associated with them. This is just fraud.
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