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Billions stolen in online robbery - Peach - 07-07-2009
Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.
One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.
Who are the men who do this? How can they be called? Robers or Hackers?
Re: Billions stolen in online robbery - Terry - 07-08-2009
Of course they are robbers...Never tell hackers, because a hacker and a cracker are two different notions.
In common usage, a hacker is a person who breaks into computers, usually by gaining access to administrative controls. The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground. Proponents claim to be motivated by artistic and political ends, and are often unconcerned about the use of criminal means to achieve them.
Other uses of the word hacker exist that are not related to computer security (computer programmer and home computer hobbyists), but these are rarely used by the mainstream media.
Cracker - a Black-hat computer hacker, a person who breaks security, encryption, or digital rights management schemes — a software cracker or password cracker
Re: Billions stolen in online robbery - hellodear - 08-27-2009
Oho-ho!! Some billions is a big sum of money. And these robbers weren't caught? :evil I think it is not easy to sleep calmly with such sum of money on your bill :mrgreen: