Online Game, Real-World Cheating
Cheaters like to accumulate virtual stuff so that they can sell it for a quick profit. They take advantage of programming bugs in online games to “dupe” items (creating value from scratch), level up (gain experience quickly without actually playing), and carry out other exploits. Incidentally, a WoW virtual-world virus recently caused massive character extinction by exploiting a code problem.
With extensive monetary benefits in play, some groups and players have resorted to using advanced rootkit technology to automate game play without detection.[7] After the massive detections and subsequent bannings in 2005, these new technologies are closely guarded secrets (although we intend to discuss them at length in ...
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