Zynga hacker,Ashley Mitchell jailed for two years !
Mar 20, 2011
Zynga hacker, Ashley Mitchell jailed for two years ! British bloke Ashley Mitchell, 29, has been jailed for two years after stealing some 400 billion virtual gaming chips gaming company Zynga. Mitchell hacked his way into Zynga's back-end systems by pinching the identities of two Zynga employees and filleted the swag, some of which he managed to flog on Facebook and some he used to gamble his nights away playing online poker. Mitchell, of Paignton, Devon pleaded guilty to hacking the servers and pinching the chips, which were estimated to be worth around £7.4 million in real money. He flogged around a third of his ill-gotten gains for £53,612. James Taghdissian, prosecuting, told the court that Zynga realised in August 2009 that its chips were disappearing and suspicion fell on two employees. It turned out that Mitchell was using their details to gain access to the stash. Mitchell had been using his neighbours' Wi-Fi connections to carry out his hacks, which lead to t...
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