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Hackers Burglarize Virtual Home, Steal Everything but Virtual Cat
Published on 27 Oct, 2010 at 13:43 in Cloud | Viewed 120 times | 2 Comments
Police in Italy are investigating a home burglary that occurred within Facebook popular game Pet Society, according to msnbc.com.
Pet Society is a social pet simulation game from Playfish that allows players to decorate virtual houses and buy virtual clothes for their virtual pets.
Paola Letizia of Palermo, Italy, told police a hacker emptied her virtual home within the game, taking everything but the blue-colored cat that lived there.
According to…
Dude, Where is My Virtual Sofa?
Published on 2 Jun, 2010 at 9:38 in Cloud | Viewed 91 times | No Comments
If theft in the real world was not bad enough, thieves are now stealing virtual objects. Finnish police are investigating several hundred cases of theft, with some individuals reporting the loss of up to 1,000 euros worth of virtual furniture and other items, BBC reports.
Habbo Hotel, a virtual world where users meet friends and buy virtual goods, has been targeted several times. In 2007, a Dutch teenager was…
