I have no frame of reference for how much it actually is.
Months ago, an Old School Runescape player named mazrim_lol brought a “serious data breach” to the attention of Reddit. One that had cost him 45 billion coins on his account. They laughed it all off, many saying he was lying.
But he wasn’t.
And Jagex announced his sweet vindication in an news post yesterday:
We confirm that a Member of The Old School Team was dismissed from employment at Jagex following gross misuse of moderator privileges.
During our rigorous routine system checks, irregular activity was identified on small number of accounts, including the movement of wealth and items back into the live game.
Following our investigation, we were able to resolve the issue before any significant impact was made to the wider game, or economy. We have also taken steps to return items and GP to any affected accounts. Whilst we generally do not return items or gold, we feel that given this unusual situation, we wanted to ensure no players lost out to the rogue actions of a member of staff.
We are actively working with the Police regarding the incident, but given this an ongoing legal matter we are unable to provide further details.
We pride ourselves on the passion and integrity of the JMods that work for Jagex and we hold them to the highest standards. However, we are not afraid to take tough action and make difficult decisions if someone cannot meet those standards.
We will dust ourselves off, and move on. Old School is at its biggest and strongest since launch, but we still have much to do, not least a mobile launch which each day gets closer.
As always, thank you for your support.
The Old School Team
Jagex has stated that they’re working with the police on this, because Runescape coins do, in fact, have some of real-world value. ResetEra fingers the mod responsible as Jed Sanderson, a.k.a. Mod Jed. Moreover, there’s reason to believe Jed had stolen over 100 billion coins over his time as a mod (equal to about $100,000 US). He’s also allegedly associated with the Reign of Terror clan, which has been accused of using DDoS attacks to rig tournaments in their favor, including a $20,000 tourney September last year.
Mazrim_lol, however, has taken to his vindication:
Excuse my language but all the redditors who spent ages telling me I was just lax with security can suck a fat one
The greatest revelation however, is that people still play Runescape.
Source: PC Gamer
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