Online game operator faces lawsuit for mass identity theft

NCsoft, the creator of the computer games Lineage and Lineage 2, faces a lawsuit from thousands of identity theft victims in South Korea. It is believed 230,000 stolen identification numbers were used to register for the online games. Lawyers involved in the case said they will claim damages of $1,000 for each plaintiff.

The maker of some of online gaming's most popular products, NCsoft, faces a possible

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