Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be st…

A new judgment from the UK Court of Appeal finds that gold in MMOs can be treated as "property" and legally subjected to ...
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RuneScape gold counts as real stolen property after UK judge rules in $700K theft case

A UK judge has ruled that RuneScape gold can count as stolen property after an ex-developer was accused of stealing $700,000.
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Old School Runescape Player Gets Hacked And Loses 4.8 Billion In Gold

One of Runescape’s biggest players and fans who spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars over the course of 21 years much of his time and money amassing a fortune never before seen in ...