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[ISN] NCsoft site deluged with stolen identities
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:58:15 -0500 (EST)
I'm guessing a "resident registration number" in Korea is the equivalent of the United States' social security number. (?) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:39:00 -0600 (CST) Subject: [ISN] NCsoft site deluged with stolen identities http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200602/13/200602132130583039900090609061.html By Seo Ji-eun, Lee Weon-ho February 14, 2006 Hackers have used the private information of hundreds of people to register on the Web site of "Lineage," one of Korea's most popular online games. Complaints to the game developer, NCsoft Corp., have been rapidly piling up. The company said yesterday that it had received up to 600 reports so far of people being registered without their knowledge as members of the role-playing games "Lineage" and "Lineage 2." The two games have a combined subscriber base of 2 million members. The Ministry of Information and Communication also said that a large number of people have posted notes on Internet communities and portal sites, saying that their names and resident registration numbers were used to sign up with the game site without their permission. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss mailing list Dataloss () attrition org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss
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