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🔦 South Korea's loot box law shows strong results, but players still left in the dark
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South Korea's loot box law shows strong results, but players still left in the dark
A new study in Acta Psychologica finds that South Korea's new law requiring mobile games to disclose loot box probabilities is more effective than industry self-regulation.

You are a mini-boss who was just defeated by the player. What kind of loot and power-up do you drop?
I drop the Wand of Pspsps 🪄
My power-up is Toxoplasmosis 🦠

Indonesia's Leader Says He Will Bow to Some Protester Demands After Riots (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/world/asia/indonesia-protest-politicians-ransack-loot.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p69#a250831p69

Neue PC-Spiele im September 2025: "Borderlands 4" und "Silent Hill f"
Im September erscheint unter anderem das Horror-Survivalspiel "Silent Hill f". Außerdem geht der Loot-Shooter "Borderlands 4" an den Start.

😰 Hackers Behind $140M Brazil Banking Heist Turn to Crypto to Launder Their Loot
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/07/04/hackers-behind-usd140m-brazil-banking-heist-turn-to-crypto-to-launder-their-loot

Hackers in $140M Brazil C&M Software Banking Heist Launder Funds With Crypto
ZachXBT estimates that between $30 million and $40 million has been swapped to crypto through OTC desks and exchanges.

Another way of reading that story:
Even if you are fighting a doomed asymmetric battle, if you can get your tormentors obsessed with beating you, you can make them harm themselves badly as they "win."
https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/114972393515946976

"Hitler personally had more German generals executed than all the Allies combined managed to kill during the entire war. That’s not micromanagement; that’s murder as a management style."
Very interesting thread!
https://infosec.exchange/@masek/115266663243424953