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on: April 29, 2006, 02:54:51 PM

From TG Daily: Korean court orders NCSoft to pay more than $4 million over hacked game accounts
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Korean court orders NCSoft to pay more than $4 million over hacked game accounts
Humphrey Cheung April 28, 2006 21:23

Seoul (South Korea) - A Korean court has ordered NCSoft, the makers of the MMORPG Lineage and Lineage 2, to pay $500 per person to owners of hacked game accounts. Back in May 2004, 8,500 Lineage 2 accounts were hacked after NCSoft forgot to encrypt a database log file that contained usernames and passwords. The total payout is around $4,250,000.

Lineage was originally released in 1998, and in its prime, garnered four million monthly subscribers, mostly in Korea and other Asian countries. Lineage 2 was released in the United States in 2004, but has faced intense competition from World of Warcraft, which now has more than six million subscribers.

They don't quote a source and I haven't been able to find any confirmation of this story yet but here's some background on the suit from The Korea Times:

Lineage Operator Facing Class Action Suit Over Stolen ID
More Than 3,500 Gamers to Join Class Action Suit Against NCSoft
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Reply #1 on: April 29, 2006, 03:04:07 PM

Normally I'd say it's undeserved. But forgetting to encrypt a database file is HUGE.
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Reply #2 on: April 30, 2006, 09:29:22 AM

This is one of the first precedents assigning 'value' to on-line accounts and in-game items.

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Reply #3 on: April 30, 2006, 05:32:02 PM

This is one of the first precedents assigning 'value' to on-line accounts and in-game items.

And here's another.

http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/04/25/korean-government-to-weigh-in-on-virtual-item-sales/

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