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World Of Warcraft Used To Train Terrorists

by Darren

At least that’s the claim of Kevin Zuccato, who heads the Australian High Tech Crime Centre. He says that terrorists cut their teeth on RPGs like WOW.

According to Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, terrorists are being trained in games such as World of Warcraft to scout out simulated real-world environments, and train in weapons that are “identical to real-world armaments.”

Zuccato told an Australian Security Industry Association conference that terrorists no longer have to travel to the target they want to attack to carry out reconnaissance, but create a virtual replica and rehearse an entire attack online. Bad news if you live the Tower of Azora then.

“We need to start thinking about living, working and protecting two worlds and two realities,” Zuccato said.

Now there’s one more detail for intrepid gamers to concern themselves with.