Zynga Poker Hacker $12 Mirrion Dorrars

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/...12-million-worth-of-zynga-poker-chips

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/...er-Steals-Virtual-Billions-From-Zynga

Hacker steals $12 million worth of Zynga poker chips By Athima Chansanchai UPDATE: Zynga response now included in story. A gambling addict hacked into gaming heavyweight Zynga and stole 400 billion virtual poker chips worth $12 million to sell on the black market. He got caught and now he's facing some very real prison time. No amount of Farmville tasks can get him out of this one. Ashley Mitchell, 29, pleaded guilty to five charges brought under the Computer Misuse Act and the Proceeds from Crime Act and remanded until a date was fixed for sentencing, according to BBC. BBC reported that Mitchell, who has apparently struggled with an online gambling addiction (especially Zynga poker), "posed as an administrator for the Zynga Poker game on Facebook in order to get at the computer systems for the game and steal the chips" between June and September 2009. He laundered the chips through a series of Facebook accounts trying to play catch me if you can with Zynga, best known for its popular (and addictive) Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars and the booming Cityville. But Zynga didn't get where it is by being dumb, and they soon figured out something was amiss. They organized a sting. And they stung. He made only about $86,000 before he was pinched. The judge warned Mitchell he's looking at some substantial time behind bars, though he has yet to specify the duration. But seeing as how this isn't Mitchell's first dance as a hacker — he has a previous conviction of hacking into a local council's web site to change his personal details — punishment might be stiff. Besides wondering if it is illegal to pilfer fake currency, I'm also pondering, maybe it's also time to call Gamblers Anonymous? Develop had some answers via Jas Purewal, lawyer and author of Gamer/Law, who told the publication that the case has set a new precedent. This shows that the legal regulation and protection of virtual goods and currency, which historically has been fairly uncertain, is evolving fast - driven partly by the boom in virtual goods sales in games. This case is particularly interesting because it involved a UK court recognising virtual currency - in this case, Zynga chips - as legal property which can be protected by existing UK criminal laws...The court effectively found that, even though virtual currency isn't real and is infinite in supply, it still can deserve legal protection in the same way as real world currency. UPDATE: A Zynga spokesperson sent us this response: "Zynga treats game security with the utmost of seriousness. We want to provide our users with the safest and most enjoyable game experience possible. To that end, we have a world class security team which continues to proactively identify and address security breaches with the highest priority. We will pursue these issues vigorously, which could involve criminal and civil prosecutions."

btw has anyone played on zynga? I've got like 14 million in chips and everyone is really really bad.

might be a good time for me to switch sites..

fb poker is srs business

waaat? how much is 14 million chips worth in real money then?

wait a second

how much money is there to be made in this zynga poker outfit?

it looks like 4m/8m blind tables are the highest stakes although i have no idea if anyone plays those...

and people are selling 1billion chips for 1k ish

and it's 5x easyer then playmoney tables on pokerstars

yeah except u can only play 1 table at once on that thing

seems miserable, gl to whoever is gonna try that

whoever is gonna try that is gonna waste some serious time

On February 16 2011 06:15 CrownRoyal wrote: it looks like 4m/8m blind tables are the highest stakes although i have no idea if anyone plays those... and people are selling 1billion chips for 1k ish

so the highest stakes are 4/8?

o.O

and with playchips no rake?

4million/8million

...

he meant the $ equivalent if 1bn = $1000

Maybe I just put up 1k then, and starting to play highstakes with the same

We found our no rake site gentlemen.

On February 16 2011 09:21 Fudyann wrote: We found our no rake site gentlemen.

lol!

On February 16 2011 09:21 Fudyann wrote: We found our no rake site gentlemen.

lol

On February 16 2011 09:21 Fudyann wrote: We found our no rake site gentlemen.

lol

for a pro this will prob be a serious waste of time.

but we all know that.

lol gambling addiction to cause you to steal a bazillion fake money chips. wat a sick degen hero.

the guy who stole play money chips from facebook got 12x as much as the guy who robbed the Bellagio lol

On February 16 2011 13:04 byrnesam wrote: the guy who stole play money chips from facebook got 12x as much as the guy who robbed the Bellagio lol

haha awesome!