Jail Time for Scamming Rs Accounts.

[The Black Gamer]

funny the dude who hacked nasa the pentagon and completely raped americas defence system isn't even in prison.

How come the kid admitted to hacking a virtual item? how would they possibly be able to prove this?

 

[Sanctuary]

funny the dude who hacked nasa the pentagon and completely raped americas defence system isn't even in prison.

How come the kid admitted to hacking a virtual item? how would they possibly be able to prove this?

I assume by checking the IP's, and checking up on different things with Jagex.

 

Technically it is stealing, But yes there are better ways to spend tax dollars.

Exactly

True.

Stop posting one-liners, You will just end up getting temped.

 

[yami]

Ok I saw that some kid hacked this other kids account, and it ended up on the news/newspapers.

I also saw that the hacker got jail time. (I laughed)

Like What is that? Don't police have something better to do?

Yea hacking is wrong, but shouldn't they be arresting Criminals and Cereal Killers other then arresting 12 year olds hacking accounts?

Anyways.. Why would you go to links people send to you on runescape? Of course it's gonna be a hack or some crap like that.

I'd like the source for this, I don't believe it.

 

[Klkool1]

Hacking an account from someone is something that shouldn't be punished with Jail time.
BUT; If someone is to sell an account, and then hack it back, then yes. That is just like scamming off of E-bay, or craigslist. Etc. That is stealing, and they should be prosecuted.

 

[Klkool1]

I'd like the source for this, I don't believe it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ested-online-theft-medieval-fantasy-game.html
Right there.

 

[just un dude]

During the last few years new laws have been implemented to make sure people also follow the rules over the internet.

I think cases like these are good, to show people that they are not safe by doing illegal activaties over the internet.

Your ISP can ALWAYS trace you back, so if the authorities are looking for someone they will find that person because the ISP is obligated to help them.

 

[BHWU]

Post a source as to where you found this please?

 

[The Black Gamer]

Dailymail is a shit source. they just spew out ay rumours.. trust me this probarly didn't eve happen.

 

[theflash213]

He probably wasnt arrested for scamming the rs account but he probably keylogged the computer and got a couple credit card numbers and tried to use them. Probably jailed on id theft and dailymail is exaggerating it

 

[Blackbird]

I believe that this can be charged as fraud or theft. I read somewhere that accounts with recurring membership on them become property of the credit card owner, that was from some court case where someone sued Jagex for banning them. If you apply that idea, then I guess it would count as stealing of someone else's property. It's a pretty drastic action to take for virtual items though.

 

[Blackbird]

Ill try find the source of that guy that sued jagex for getting banned

 

[The Disturbed]

reporting for spamming

op yes i think they have nothing else to do with there time f peoples runescapes accs nothing to cry over im sure nate wouldnt cry if his accs got hacked

or maybe he would

You're a fucking moron why would you report him for spamming when he is the one who is posting a statement on a thread he created?

 

[sheymyster]

I LOL'ed at the cereal, but technically, although it is rarely pursued, internet hacking is a felonious act, in the US anyways. If this kid just convinced another kid to give him his password, that's not really illegal because the kid who got "hacked" broke the JaGeX TOS by giving out that information, so he already broke the rules himself. On the other hand since this particular situation includes the police and possible jail time, Im assuming he used some sort of phishing or actual virtual hacking into the victims computer? If this is the case then he did indeed commit a felony, based on the Internet Security Act as well as individual state laws concerning this act. If you would like to see the state ones, the link is here

STATE HACKING LAWS

Did he deserve what he got? I believe so, small time hackers these days get away with so much because its not worth going after them, if your not stealing millions from a federal bank, you will most likely go under radar but that doesn't mean what you are doing is right or that you shouldn't have to face the repercussions of your actions.

 

[YouKnowTheScore]

Cant people get jailed for DDOSing in Runescape?

I heard that happened to someone :/

 

[hey guys]

Well imagine you rent an account from Jagex. If you treat it as rent. How about if you rent a house or car? Is it not illegal to take some1's rented items?. SO jail time looks sufficient.

I believe the Netherlands are cracking down on this lol.

 

[antman510]

I LOL'ed at the cereal, but technically, although it is rarely pursued, internet hacking is a felonious act, in the US anyways. If this kid just convinced another kid to give him his password, that's not really illegal because the kid who got "hacked" broke the JaGeX TOS by giving out that information, so he already broke the rules himself. On the other hand since this particular situation includes the police and possible jail time, Im assuming he used some sort of phishing or actual virtual hacking into the victims computer? If this is the case then he did indeed commit a felony, based on the Internet Security Act as well as individual state laws concerning this act. If you would like to see the state ones, the link is here

STATE HACKING LAWS

Did he deserve what he got? I believe so, small time hackers these days get away with so much because its not worth going after them, if your not stealing millions from a federal bank, you will most likely go under radar but that doesn't mean what you are doing is right or that you shouldn't have to face the repercussions of your actions.

Completely true, hacking is as illegal as robbing somebody on the street with a flick-knife. You are doing the same thing as the robber, stealing their items (accounts) and money (gp). If the police don't start catching small-time hackers and internet thieves then the whole internet would be like the sythe black-market. I never even knew about 'scamming' before i joined sythe. In short, all crimes should be dealt with, however I think that this case was just unfairly made as an ineffective example to the open public.

 

[iownyou57]

I think they should just Ip ban the scammer from runescape. Not put a kid in jail for something so absurd.

 

[RmcStudios]

Just IP ban him, JAIL for scamming a virtual game...is a bit too much, but considering people PAY irl money to get the pixels..its like stealing they're IRL money aswell...so in some way, they should be jailed.

 

[T R 1 B A L]

Its Serial killer not cereal, but ya the internet should not be something that can throw you in jail -.-, if you get hacked thats your own damn fault

That's a downright stupid comment, if you get hacked without doing anything stupid (clicking links, downloading files), it's in no way your fault. You can't blame someone for sitting their playing RuneScape whilst somebody else has their IP address and is portsniffing away.

It seems silly to throw someone in jail for stealing a virtual item. It should be a simple misdemeanor because you can't put an actual value for something that is virtual and not legally sold.

The fact is that it is rented, as Louis said. This means Jagex are the lawful owners of all of their accounts and games, and since the hacker was breaking the contract of use (the terms and conditions of playing the game), it was in all ways justified for Jagex to press charges - the kid knew what he was getting himself into.

I like to call it cereal killer because it's funny. And Yes 100% True!



And if you give someone your password, it's like giving the whole account away. Like me giving you the key to my house.

It's not funny sweetie, it's just silly. And sure, in that case the person was foolish, but if someone bruteforces your account, the same would occur.

The accounts don't actually belong to you, they're Jagex's property. You just rent them. You can't sell something you don't own.

Not to mention you're going against the policy you said you'd abide by.

This.