Hackers slam 'Everquest II' economy

Iria · Aug 11, 2005, 08:31 PM

Sony claims that a group of hackers illegally created a huge amount of "Everquest II" currency over the weekend, and says the players caused the game's economy to suffer 20 percent inflation in just 24 hours before being caught.

According to Chris Kramer, director of public relations for EQ2 publisher Sony Online Entertainment, the players had on Saturday begun using their so-called "duping bug" to make large quantities of platinum, the game's currency. (A duping bug is a hack that exploits a weakness in online games' code to effectively create counterfeit currency or other goods.)

The players then began trying to sell the ill-gotten plat on Station Exchange, the official auction exchange for EQ2 weapons, armor, currency and other virtual goods. "The amount of money in the game increased by a fifth in about 24 hours," Kramer said. "We have a lot of alarms for this kind of thing, and they all went off on Saturday."
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pr0digal jenius · Aug 11, 2005, 11:02 PM

so now there's /pizza and /printMoney ???

Razgriz · Aug 11, 2005, 11:05 PM

omg!!! now im gonna have to check my e-bank account and will have to check those pesky orcs to see if teh mon3y is counterfeit!!!

OH NOES!!!!

Lakevren · Aug 12, 2005, 01:52 AM

/pizza is expired

trading system is shut down, hurting legit players as well.

Aug 11, 2005, 08:31 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Hackers slam 'Everquest II' economy Sony claims that a group of hackers illegally created a huge amount of "Everquest II" currency over the weekend, and says the players caused the game's economy to suffer 20 percent inflation in just 24 hours before being caught. According to Chris Kramer, director of public relations for EQ2 publisher Sony Online Entertainment, the players had on Saturday begun using their so-called "duping bug" to make large quantities of platinum, the game's currency. (A duping bug is a hack that exploits a weakness in online games' code to effectively create counterfeit currency or other goods.) The players then began trying to sell the ill-gotten plat on Station Exchange, the official auction exchange for EQ2 weapons, armor, currency and other virtual goods. "The amount of money in the game increased by a fifth in about 24 hours," Kramer said. "We have a lot of alarms for this kind of thing, and they all went off on Saturday." __________ Read More / Source: News.com

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Aug 11, 2005, 11:02 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,672 Rep Power: 0	so now there's /pizza and /printMoney ???

Aug 11, 2005, 11:05 PM	#3
Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,184 Rep Power: 40	omg!!! now im gonna have to check my e-bank account and will have to check those pesky orcs to see if teh mon3y is counterfeit!!! OH NOES!!!!