The bodies of internal affairs asked 30-year-old resident of Pruzhany. He said that the January 7th, 2014 at about 2 am found that he could not get into your account in the popular game «World of Tanks». The man explained that to buy (modernization) of its "JS-8" He spent a lot of effort, not only in the virtual fights, but a tidy sum - more than one million two hundred thousand rubles (about 125 $).
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Employees of the department to disclose crimes in the sphere of high technologies ATC Brest Regional Executive Committee contacted the developers of the game. Due to this it was found that the "tank" continues to "fight", however, they will not run out of Pruzhany, and from the Moscow region of Russia. Account "hijacker" was blocked, and now the "tank" expects to return to the rightful owner.
Police officers also found that the owner of "tank" security issues neglected their credentials. The attacker managed to get access to your game record, previously having carried out unauthorized access to the electronic mailbox resident Pruzany to which the account was tied. A password from the mail was very simple and consisted of a combination of digits in order. - Pruzhany ROSC criminal case under Part. 2 tbsp. 349 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to computer information), - said Head of solving crimes in the sphere of high-tech police department Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Golodko.
- In the area this is the third "stealing" virtual tank for the past two years. In all cases, the developers of the game "tanks" were returned to their owners. But the criminal case was instituted for the first time. This article of the Criminal Code provides for punishment by a fine or deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities, or arrest for a term of three to six months, or restriction of freedom for up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term. A similar clause exists in the Criminal Code. And, then, it is quite possible that the thief is now interested in a virtual Russian law enforcers.
- Probably, this fact makes many a smile, - says Andrey Golodko. - But, unfortunately, the facts when people hack into e-mail, there will know the passwords to profiles in social networks from electronic purses, and in the end, just read personal correspondence, recorded more often. This implies that Internet users need to be more careful not to neglect the safety of their credentials in order not to get into trouble.
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