Microsoft Warns of Hacking in Multiplayer Games

All too familiar with hackers looking to exploit security flaws in its software, Microsoft Corp. warned video game developers that their PC games are now a target for criminals. Popular massively multiplayer online games, such as "World of Warcraft," have created a market for valuable game identities loaded with gold or other hard-earned forms of in-game currency that can be used to buy new weapons, magic spells or other trappings to advance within the game.

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