Man allegedly steals an MMO's source code, creates a clone, then blackmails the origi

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A man allegedly hacked an MMO, stole its source code, created a clone of it, then attempted to blackmail the original game's developer. No, really.

As reported by Seacoastonline, 24 year old Dutch national Anil Kheda and a number of co-conspirators illegally accessed the servers for the text-based MMO Outwar, developed by the Portsmouth, NH-based Rampid Interactive LLC.

According to the indictment, in 2007 and 2008 Kheda and others used this illegal access to restore the accounts of suspended players, accrue unearned points, and even steal the game's source code. The culprits then used this source code to create a clone called Outcraft.

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