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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2009-07-03 02:09 pm

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BBC: Billions stolen in online robbery

Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.

One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.

[identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com 2009-07-03 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, one of those really old metaphors which has lost its flesh over the centuries.