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German virus attacking UK World of Warcraft and Counterstrike players - is this WWIII? - Tech Digest
This morning I spoke with a French hacker-turned do-gooder, Jacques Erasmus, who uses his extraordinary knowledge over at online security company Prevx. According to Erasmus, a virus was created last Wednesday which is targeting gamers on World of Warcraft and Counterstrike. Created in Germany, the worm is spread on MSN Messenger, where a spam message directing users to an infected site is sent out to a user's complete contact list, in turn automatically sending itself to all of their contacts as well. The worm then searches through the user's hard drive, searching for log-in details to World of Warcraft and Counterstrike, as well as PayPal and Barclays Bank amongst others. The information is then uploaded to an FTP site, where the hackers can view all the details, as well as anyone else clever enough to gain entrance, such as Erasmus, who viewed hundreds of people's details...
Katherine Hannaford