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Hacker made around $1000 daily off League of Legends

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Free to play games aren’t always necessarily free, at least not with all the money that gets (optionally) spent on in-game items. With millions of League of Legends players all around the world, Riot Games were home to an incredibly large amount of sensitive information and such. Somebody found a way in, and used what they found to make quite a bit of money.

Shane “Jason” Duffy has been in and out of trouble since way back in 2011. He has done all sorts of crazy things. For example, in October 2013, he got hold of Riot President Mark Merrill’s twitter account, and leaked information on a project that Riot had stopped working on (via The Daily Dot):

Well I think this would be a good time to show off Riot’s card game, who wants to see pictures? 50 re-tweets for pictures.

The tweet was signed with “Jason (God).” A follow-up tweet read:

Did I mention this game was fully completed but never released? Riot doesn’t want you to play this game. Take it up with them.

So, he had somehow accessed the Riot President’s twitter account, something which could maybe be dismissed with a smack on the wrist, but that’s not really the worst of it. Jason got hold of legacy skins; skins that had been discontinued. People always want what they can’t have, which resulted in these skins being sold anywhere from the already mind-boggling $200 to the ludicrous $800 a piece.

Wait, there’s more! Jason also went on to create a site called LoLip-op.com, a service which could kick players out of the game (for a small fee of course). All a customer had to do was input the name of the player they wanted booted. If they were one of the 24.5 million accounts that Jason had access to, an IP address linked to that account would be targeted, kicking the player out of the game. The service proved to be pretty popular, netting Jason $1000 and more a day.

The good news is that he has since been caught, and police have seized $110 000 in Bitcoin currency. Jason will face judgement in a Queensland courtroom on July 24th. The full report of his war against Riot Games  can be read over at The Daily Dot.

What sort of punishment should such a hacker receive? A severe fine? Jail time? Both? Leave your thoughts below.

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Last Updated: July 21, 2014

79 Comments

  1. Have him review the kardashian game!

    Wait, no, THAT IS MARTHA’S JOB!!!

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

      July 21, 2014 at 14:55

      You forgot the hashtag

      #interntestskardashiangame

      Reply

      • ToshZA

        July 21, 2014 at 14:56

        #hashtagyoloswag
        #interntestskardashiangame

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      • Rince&pop

        July 21, 2014 at 15:00

        Well done! 🙂

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  2. Sk3tz0

    July 21, 2014 at 14:36

    Chop off their the first knuckle of their fingers so thay cant use a keyboard 😛

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

      July 21, 2014 at 14:57

      Yoh 0_0

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  3. Hammersteyn

    July 21, 2014 at 14:43

    Cut him off from the internet for an entire year.

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    • Admiral Chief Saxon

      July 21, 2014 at 14:43

      Give him Telkom 56k dial up

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      • ToshZA

        July 21, 2014 at 14:50

        That sentence still works without the last 3 words. Sad.

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

      July 21, 2014 at 14:59

      For life.

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 21, 2014 at 15:07

        True, but I was thinking about Shawshank Redemption. When they finally let the old people go free and they see how much the world has changes. Imagine how much the internet changes in a years time. Plus some people(maybe him) is addicted to the internet.

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        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

          July 21, 2014 at 15:10

          I hear what you are saying. But it would be too easy for him to slip back in to it all again. That’s the major problem. That also means that he is going to be more careful next time

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          • Hammersteyn

            July 21, 2014 at 15:12

            Yeah I guess… Hows about 40 years? By them we will all be like Minority Report operators and he will still be used to mouse and keyboard.

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

            July 21, 2014 at 15:15

            looooooool. Deal

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 21, 2014 at 15:29

            Do you really think everyone will have a Kinect by then? 😉

          • Hammersteyn

            July 21, 2014 at 15:32

            XD

  4. ToshZA

    July 21, 2014 at 14:49

    Have Valve hire him to continue his good work on LoL.

    Reply

  5. Weanerdog

    July 21, 2014 at 14:50

    So people are willing to pay money to boot a player. Winning only really counts when you do it without cheating. Well maybe we now know where Lance Armstrong’s ill gotten fortune is being used.

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    • ToshZA

      July 21, 2014 at 14:51

      It’s only cheating if you get caught.

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      • Kromas

        July 21, 2014 at 14:51

        That’s what she said.

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        • Weanerdog

          July 21, 2014 at 15:24

          Who, your wife?

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          • ToshZA

            July 21, 2014 at 15:26

          • Weanerdog

            July 21, 2014 at 15:45

            That may have crossed the line, but how is one not to take such an opportunity when it is presented to you on a plate.

          • Spaffy

            July 22, 2014 at 13:53

            That’s what @Kromaswow:disqus said?

  6. Kromas

    July 21, 2014 at 14:51

    This guy ain’t no hacker. A hacker does not do malicious crap like this.

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    • ToshZA

      July 21, 2014 at 14:51

      Well he is a hacker. But the malicious crap makes him an asshole too.

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      • Kromas

        July 21, 2014 at 14:53

        No actually the term is very fuzzy at the moment but way back a hacker just hacked accounts to see if he can. Not sure what the term is now but he would have been called a cracker. Yeah in this pc world of ours I think that term got scrapped.

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        • Brady miaau

          July 21, 2014 at 15:25

          yeah, back in the day.

          Sitting at a university, good lines and stuffing around

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  7. Alien Emperor Trevor

    July 21, 2014 at 14:52

    OFF WITH HIS HEAD.

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  8. Sir Rants A Lot Llew

    July 21, 2014 at 14:54

    Jail time.

    But one has to say this at least:
    Troll level: Hacker

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  9. Admiral Chief Saxon

    July 21, 2014 at 14:59

    Tie him up on chair ala Casino Royale, naked, put a headpiece on that forces his mouth open at a small gap, drill holes in each of his teeth, take 2x bricks and smash his testicles so that when he winces from the pain, the small holes in his teeth will add to the pain of the wind over them.

    Or he could drink coffee with Darryn, not sure which is worse :/

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

      July 21, 2014 at 14:59

      Genigtig 0_0

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      • Admiral Chief Saxon

        July 21, 2014 at 15:02

        *Genugtig

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        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

          July 21, 2014 at 15:05

          RAWWWR

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 21, 2014 at 15:03

      The first one.

      Drinking Darryn’s coffee will only give him diabetes. DAT SUGAR!

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Saxon

        July 21, 2014 at 15:03

        Aye, second one is a slow death

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 21, 2014 at 15:09

      I guess we’d have to see him drink coffee first. Will there be spiderwebs?

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      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

        July 21, 2014 at 15:10

        Eeeeew

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  10. Lardus-Resident Perve

    July 21, 2014 at 15:00

    A job offer at the NSA?

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  11. Rince&pop

    July 21, 2014 at 15:00

    There can be only one punishment… #interntestskardashiangame

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

      July 21, 2014 at 15:00

      Indeed

      #interntestskardashiangame

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    • Norm

      July 21, 2014 at 15:10

      Would much rather choose #death

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 21, 2014 at 15:12

        Too merciful

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      • Rince&pop

        July 21, 2014 at 15:21

        Agreed! #interntestskardashiangame

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 21, 2014 at 15:13

      When he asks for a break make him watch her sex tape O_0

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      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew

        July 21, 2014 at 15:13

        Dude! You cannot be that cruel! 0_0

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 21, 2014 at 15:17

          Kanye and Kim grunting over and over and over………. Now I’m gonna be sick

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      • Admiral Chief Saxon

        July 21, 2014 at 15:17

        Martha has a sex tape?

        EWWWWWWWW

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 21, 2014 at 15:19

          She sure does. (Refresh if you dare

          http://i.imgur.com/sn8mkc7.jpg

          Reply

          • ToshZA

            July 21, 2014 at 15:20

            LOOOOL!!!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 21, 2014 at 15:21

            At least she’s wearing a helmet. Safe sex is safe.

          • Rince&pop

            July 21, 2014 at 15:21

            Tell that to the poor cabbage…

          • Hammersteyn

            July 21, 2014 at 15:22

            Cross pollination?

          • Rince&pop

            July 21, 2014 at 15:22

            Definitely some gene splicing happening 0_O

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 21, 2014 at 15:28

            Ugly kids too…

          • ToshZA

            July 21, 2014 at 15:29

            How can you tell? They all look the same to me.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 21, 2014 at 15:30

            That’s vegetablist.

          • Rince&pop

            July 21, 2014 at 15:32

            Looks like a Zuma turtle 0_O

          • ToshZA

            July 21, 2014 at 15:34

            Still a better love story than Twilight. >_>

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 21, 2014 at 15:22

            Thank goodness its a cabbage and not spinach. I would never be able to look at creamed spinach again!

          • Hammersteyn

            July 21, 2014 at 15:23

            LOL creamed spinach

          • Rince&pop

            July 21, 2014 at 15:23

            GAHHHH!

          • ToshZA

            July 21, 2014 at 15:22

            Martha or the victims?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 21, 2014 at 15:26

            Which one? O_o

          • Hammersteyn

            July 21, 2014 at 15:21

            LOL!

          • Norm

            July 21, 2014 at 15:28

            GOOD GAWD MAN! NOW I NEED EYE BLEACH!

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 21, 2014 at 15:14

      Why don’t you all just leave poor Martha alone? You bullies you.

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  12. Rince&pop

    July 21, 2014 at 15:08

    What a jerk. Why not use dem skillz to do something decent? Like make Half Life 3 😛

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 21, 2014 at 15:10

      Or he could hack Gabe’s account and post a twitter feed about Valve having HL3 ready but not wanting to launch it as with Riots card game

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      • Rince&pop

        July 21, 2014 at 15:47

        Or releasing info saying it’s coming to consoles only? Tehehehehe

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 21, 2014 at 16:00

          Hahahaha

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      • Sk3tz0

        July 21, 2014 at 17:24

        [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VGeccr3.gif[/IMG]

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 22, 2014 at 07:54

          XD

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  13. VampyreSquirrel

    July 21, 2014 at 15:14

    Give the money to a charity and chuck him in jail for 25 years.

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    • ToshZA

      July 21, 2014 at 15:15

      *rushes off to register a gaming-related charity*

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      • MakeItLegal

        July 21, 2014 at 15:18

        *this.

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 21, 2014 at 15:19

        Hahahaha

        Reply

  14. MakeItLegal

    July 21, 2014 at 15:17

    lol…..lol…. oaks are clever bru , making it happen with 1’s and 0’s ….

    Reply

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