Kim Jong-il Hired Hackers to Farm MMO Currency

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/07/kim-jo...-and-we-a/

It all makes sense now -- North Korea's infamously deluded dictator, Kim Jong-il, wants to be king of the castle in NCsoft's MMO Lineage, completely explaining his fetishes for extravagance and naked discos. Kim has hired a team of hackers to farm Asian MMOs for in-game coin, which they sell online for cash IRL, according to South Korean officials. Kim's hackers hail from North and South Korea, and work with operatives in Northern China, four of which were arrested last week in Seoul for organizing a hacking squad of 30 people, authorities said.

In less than two years, the organizers made $6 million, 55 percent of which went to the hackers, and some of that to Kim's agents in Pyongyang, Seoul police said. Officials believe the hackers report to a mysterious Communist Party agency named Office 39, which earns money for Kim through drug trafficking, arms sales and other illegal activities. Kim's slush fund is worth billions, American and South Korean officials said, and he uses it, in part, to fund a nuclear weapons program. This is truly upsetting, because the only thing more depressing than a nuclear attack is a nuclear attack funded by MMOs.

Lawl, so much for the chinese hackers.

Washington needs to get in on this.

Only thing to express my feelings

Washington needs to get in on this.

>gamekiller.gov

I'd gladly take the nuclear bomb funded by this.

Oh wow, next thing you know they'll stop all MMO's because they incite violence, nuclear violence.

This world is absolutely ridiculous 85% of the time.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article...ideo-games

Probably happens a lot. As long as there's a demand for it.

Dem wacky Koreans.

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You guys don't even know how bad botting is in kMS.

Pyongyang made less than $3 million off this in two years? What a waste of time and manpower.

Pyongyang made less than $3 million off this in two years? What a waste of time and manpower.

Remember, USD is inflated a bit in other parts of the world, so that's more than it would be for us. Still, it would depend on the hours they "work". 30 people netting ~1.5M a year, thats what, 50K a person? That's not TERRIBLY bad for people that are essentially sitting around playing video games.

You guys don't even know how bad botting is in kMS.

Now we know where they come from!

So why can't they just sell drugs and stuff?

That's not TERRIBLY bad for people that are essentially sitting around in north korea

Fixed.

Wow, lol. Pretty damn ingenious.

Fixed.

Ahahahaha that's so true. This world is silly, I'm not really surprised by this pomegranate anymore. Btw I read somewhere that they also make PoWs farm ig gold.

Speaking of Kim Jong-Il.....
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Remember, USD is inflated a bit in other parts of the world, so that's more than it would be for us. Still, it would depend on the hours they "work". 30 people netting ~1.5M a year, thats what, 50K a person? That's not TERRIBLY bad for people that are essentially sitting around playing video games.

Uhh, bro. They don't even play the damned games.