Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Sex, Crime And Videogames

An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better.

The motto of the story - to what levels are we to take security. We have all seen that great comedy Firewall, but is the scenario a feasible one that may be played out in the future. I guess if the stakes are high enough, so are the risks.

Read the article HERE.

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