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Hacker admits stealing Zynga poker chips worth $12 million

Ashley Mitchell, 29, admitted hacking into Zynga Pokers servers and transferring the online poker chips to fake Facebook accounts he had created. The chips were then sold to other online gamblers, for a discounted price. Mitchell netted about 50,000 from the scheme, selling about one-third of the chips on the black market. He was already serving a 40-week suspended prison sentence for illegally breaking into the company’s servers. The poker chips estimated worth? An eye-watering $12 million (7.4 million)”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/hackerzynga-virtual-poker-chips-worth-12-million/

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