wraggster
June 20th, 2009, 20:26
A storm's brewing over a wave of thefts relating to gamers' online game accounts, through which criminals are accessing bank account details and selling on victim's hard earned work.
The new research has been conducted by Identity and Privacy company Garlik, which boasts Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, as one of the members of its advisory panel.
According to Garlik the worrying trend of gaming ID theft is seeing MMO and console log-ins sold and traded, not only robbing the original owner of the effort they put into the game, but in many cases using their information to get access to bank accounts.
Through most gaming IDs criminals can also access aspects of the owner's identity, says Garlik, for more traditional identity theft that could see the information used for passports or to gain credit in their name.
The company's put together a list of tips to help gamers avoid the problem. We'll let you know what they are as soon as we get them.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=217901
The new research has been conducted by Identity and Privacy company Garlik, which boasts Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, as one of the members of its advisory panel.
According to Garlik the worrying trend of gaming ID theft is seeing MMO and console log-ins sold and traded, not only robbing the original owner of the effort they put into the game, but in many cases using their information to get access to bank accounts.
Through most gaming IDs criminals can also access aspects of the owner's identity, says Garlik, for more traditional identity theft that could see the information used for passports or to gain credit in their name.
The company's put together a list of tips to help gamers avoid the problem. We'll let you know what they are as soon as we get them.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=217901