Hack Drains Second Life Money

As if Second Life's banking problems last year weren't bad enough, now "researchers" have used a Quicktime flaw to create an object that drains Lindens from anyone who gets near it. Of course, the hack does it in style by freezing the user's avatar and playing "I got hacked!"

At the current Linden rate of $250 per USD I'm not sure how much theft could result from a single box but imagine boxes placed all around SL and draining let's say 100 Lindens from 50 avatars a day - that's $20 a day for doing nothing. It would be like having an extra $600 paycheck every month.

I haven't heard if SL has made any official warnings or recommendations to users, but hack co-author Charlie Miller recommends SL users to disable streaming video in their preferences until Apple plugs the Quicktime hole.

You can read more at Cnet and ZDNet