Malaysian video game firm's top execs facing extradition after US accuses them of hacking, among other charges

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Perak-based SEA Gamer Mall's top personnel facing extradition after US Department of Justice indictment

PETALING JAYA - Perak-based SEA Gamer Mall said it is looking at the indictment papers issued by the US Department of Justice which has charged its staff, Wong Ong Hua and Ling Yang Ching, for involvement in international hacking group APT-41.

In a second indictment in August, the DOJ charged Wong, 46, and Ling, 32 with 23 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, identity theft, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, money laundering, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and falsely registering domain names. "These criminal acts were turbo-charged by a sophisticated technique referred to as a 'supply chain attack', in which the Chinese hackers compromised software providers around the world, and modified the providers' code to install backdoors that enabled further hacks against the software providers' customers.

It is unclear what are the in-game resources, as they can be in-game currency for buying virtual goods like clothes or even art assets of a video game.

Source: Gaming Daily Report (gamingdailyreport.net)

 

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