Article: UPDATE: Chinese hackers accused of mass theft relating to online game Lineage in South Korea.

UPDATE: Chinese hackers accused of mass theft relating to online game Lineage in South Korea

Update adds details of backlash from South Korea Shanghai. February 24. INTERFAX-CHINA - Chinese hackers were accused of being involve in the recent mass theft of private information from tens of thousands of people linked to the popular online game "Lineage" in South Korea. The game is operated by NCSoft. The accusation is from GEOT, a network security company in South Korea.

During the period from May 2005 to February 2006, South Korea reported about 4,000 online game theft cases, in which South Korean online gamers were hacked via hacking programs known as ...

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