Korean media reports are suggesting that hackers are using daring new tactics in an attempt to steal cyber-money from players of MMORPG titles. The report claims that popular websites are being hacked in order to seed password stealing software which then collects users' passwords. The passwords are then used to hack into the player's account were the hacker can help themselves to all the cyber-money he or she can hold.A 37-year-old man named Lee is said to have hired eight Chinese hackers who installed Trojan horses on popular Korean websites and are said to have stolen 50,000 usernames and passwords in May.
Another 37-year-old, named Cho, is alleged to have launched a denial-of-service attack against a popular massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) website and stole $150,000 in "cyber-money" from users of the game. A man named Kim, 22, is said to have used a Trojan horse to have stolen $50,000 in "cyber-money".
Suspected gang who stole from online game players arrested in Korea, Sophos reports
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