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18th November 2007 - Link Blog

Why Virtual Theft Should Matter to Real Life Tech Companies. Interesting trend: sites that profit from sales of virtual goods (such as Habbo Hotel) are seeing users use phishing attacks to steal those goods from each other.

Posted 18th November 2007 at 11:21 am

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