[Dataloss] [ISN] NCsoft site deluged with stolen identities

[lyger]

I'm guessing a "resident registration number" in Korea is the equivalent 
of the United States' social security number. (?)

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From: InfoSec News 
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:39:00 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [ISN] NCsoft site deluged with stolen identities

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200602/13/200602132130583039900090609061.html

By Seo Ji-eun, Lee Weon-ho
February 14, 2006

Hackers have used the private information of hundreds of people to
register on the Web site of "Lineage," one of Korea's most popular
online games. Complaints to the game developer, NCsoft Corp., have
been rapidly piling up.

The company said yesterday that it had received up to 600 reports so
far of people being registered without their knowledge as members of
the role-playing games "Lineage" and "Lineage 2." The two games have a
combined subscriber base of 2 million members.

The Ministry of Information and Communication also said that a large
number of people have posted notes on Internet communities and portal
sites, saying that their names and resident registration numbers were
used to sign up with the game site without their permission.

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