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Hacker Helps Fix RIFT

By james_fudge

Not all hackers are out to destroy the universe. Recently, a "white hat" hacker going by the nickname "ManWitDaPlan" helped developer Trion Worlds fix a serious security hole in its massively multiplayer online game Rift mere hours after it became public knowledge. After becoming victim of account theft, ManWitDaPlan began investigating the problem and posted his findings on the official forum. Responding to ManWitDaPlan's forum post, Trion Worlds (Hartsman) admitted that RIFT was not 100 percent secure and that users should be wary of hackers and botnets exploiting the game. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).