http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7865

This is rather new, people getting their MMO game items stolen and then sold for cash online! :p
It's worrying that the type of people using hacks in MMOGs may change from basic 12 year old script kiddies over to malicious hackers with a financial incentive available.

Sounds like Lineage II is turning into EVE Online.

Rather new? It's been happening since 1999, if not even before that.

Reminds me of diablo 2.
But eventually the item duping over-took the item theiving for monetary profit.

Wasn't there a thread about someone killing themselves over this sort of thing?

yep