Kim Jong-il has hackers farming MMOs for in-game coin (and, we assume, Aviators)
Aug 7th, 2011
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It all makes sense now — North Korea’s infamously deluded dictator, Kim Jong-il, wants to be king of the castle in NCsoft’s MMO Lineage , completely explaining his fetishes for extravagance and naked discos . Kim has hired a team of hackers to farm Asian MMOs for in-game coin, which they sell online for cash IRL, according to South Korean officials. Kim’s hackers hail from North and South Korea, and work with operatives in Northern China, four of which were arrested last week in Seoul for organizing a hacking squad of 30 people, authorities said.
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