10 Chinese Sentenced For Hacking World of Warcraft Accounts

Last week, 10 Chinese men were sentenced for hacking and defrauding over 10,000 World of Warcraft accounts. One among them named Chen started buying compromised accounts for $1. He  then proceeded by selling the accumulated gold and gear for about $3 per account. Later he learned how to hijacked WOW accounts and he was hired by another man, Zhu. After receiving several complaints, an investigation was launched and Chen along with his group were arrested. They already stole over 11,500 accounts and earned around $10,800 in profit. Chen was sentenced to 2 years in prison and fined $8000. The others were fined $1000 and will spend less than two years in prison.
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