Thieving Avatar Pulls Off L$3.2 million (US$12,300) Virtual Bank Robbery

[mandy]

The World Stock Exchange said on Wednesday a former employee used inside knowledge to steal money from the virtual stock exchange’s ATM network, a sum that totaled more than L$3.2 million (US$12,300) according to one person with knowledge of the matter.

“I noticed a large withdrawal by an avatar with no history. I then closed the WSE immediately and began to investigate,” said LukeConnell Vandeverre, CEO of the WSE and its parent company Hope Capital, in a statement on the exchange’s website.

“It appears that a past employee of Hope Capital, who assisted in fixing previous bugs in our ATM, had decided to try and use their inside knowledge of our ATM communication channel to their advantage,” said Vandeverre (real name: Luke Connell of Melbourne, Australia). “We are hoping that most of the linden dollars will be returned.”...

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more:

A few short days ago, it had come to the attention of LukeConnell that the WSE had been hacked and lost over 3.2mil/L.

I come into this story, well, because it was the Chairman of Board @ MDS who has allegedly hacked the WSE...

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