Half-life 2 arrests

[SALvation]

Interesting...

ARRESTS MADE IN RELATION TO HALF-LIFE 2 THEFT

Online Community Tracks Down Hackers


June, 10 2004 - Arrests have been made in several countries related to the break-in
to Valve's network, theft of the Half-Life 2 source code, and release of the source
code on the Internet.

"Within a few days of the announcement of the break-in, the online gaming community
had tracked down those involved," said Gabe Newell, Valve's CEO. "It was
extraordinary to watch how quickly and how cleverly gamers were able to unravel what
are traditionally unsolvable problems for law enforcement related to this kind of
cyber-crime."

Thousands of tips were received related to the criminal activities, with a core
group of people who were able to analyze and backtrack from these clues. Subsequent
to these individuals being identified, Valve has been working with various national
authorities to prepare cases against those involved, leading to these arrests.

"It was very uplifting to see how the community rallied and tracked these people
down. Everyone here at Valve is once again reminded of how much we owe to the gaming
community," added Mr. Newell.

For specific details on the arrests, please contact the Northwest Cyber Crime Task
Force, Seattle, 206-262-2030.

[Speedsweeper]

Glad to see they got thier asses kicked.

:devil:

[Die Hard]

Horah :thumbs:

[EXEcution]

This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal!
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven't released HL2 yet.

[ME BIGGD01]

amazing that they were hackable. you would think that they would hire someone to secure their network to prevent such things. someone drop them my card and i will hook them up.

[<<Hybrid>>]

poor guys. next time they will take more attention on tracking :)

[PJ'l_Master]

Originally posted by .:EXEcution:.@Jun 10 2004, 04:20 PM
This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal&#33;
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven&#39;t released HL2 yet.
it hasnt been released b/c of the source code being stolen

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by PJ&#39;l_Master+Jun 11 2004, 07:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (PJ&#39;l_Master @ Jun 11 2004, 07:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-.:EXEcution:.@Jun 10 2004, 04:20 PM
This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal&#33;
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven&#39;t released HL2 yet.
it hasnt been released b/c of the source code being stolen [/b][/quote]
Well yea, but you would think that those guys would maybe back up their code.

[PJ'l_Master]

Originally posted by .:EXEcution:.+Jun 11 2004, 11:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (.:EXEcution:. @ Jun 11 2004, 11:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by PJ&#39;l_Master@Jun 11 2004, 07:09 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-.:EXEcution:.@Jun 10 2004, 04:20 PM
This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal&#33;
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven&#39;t released HL2 yet.
it hasnt been released b/c of the source code being stolen
Well yea, but you would think that those guys would maybe back up their code. [/b][/quote]
from what i understand it was kinda like a punishment to everyone for those ppls idiocy :bandhead:

that explains why the gaming community tracked their a&#036;&#036;es down

[Snip3r]

I hope they make Counter Strike 2 with the money from the cases.

[<<Hybrid>>]

anyone got source code?

[Grimmy]

:jammin: now if they would just release the dam game..........this year&#33; :rolleyes:

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by <<Hybrid>>@Jun 11 2004, 10:26 PM
anyone got source code?
:lol: what can you do with it?

[Death Engineer]

Originally posted by PJ&#39;l_Master+Jun 11 2004, 06:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (PJ&#39;l_Master @ Jun 11 2004, 06:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-.:EXEcution:.@Jun 10 2004, 04:20 PM
This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal&#33;
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven&#39;t released HL2 yet.
it hasnt been released b/c of the source code being stolen [/b][/quote]
That&#39;s just plain bull crap. If it had been ready, it would have already been released. Stolen source or not, they are dragging their feet.

[Death-Dude]

Originally posted by Grimmy@Jun 12 2004, 10:35 AM
:jammin: now if they would just release the dam game..........this year&#33; :rolleyes:
This item even caught some feature time on CNN, they said it&#39;s due to be released this fall.....for all that&#39;s worth.

[BobtheCkroach]

Originally posted by Death Engineer+Jun 12 2004, 06:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Death Engineer @ Jun 12 2004, 06:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by PJ&#39;l_Master@Jun 11 2004, 06:09 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-.:EXEcution:.@Jun 10 2004, 04:20 PM
This reminds me of the Watergate Scandal&#33;
Anyway i think everyone at Valve should be arrested because they haven&#39;t released HL2 yet.
it hasnt been released b/c of the source code being stolen
That&#39;s just plain bull crap. If it had been ready, it would have already been released. Stolen source or not, they are dragging their feet. [/b][/quote]
Agreed. They would have changed the code enough that when their source engine popped up somewhere, it was obviously different, and hence, obviously either the stolen source or the legit HL2 source, but it wouldn&#39;t have taken this long.

[EXEcution]

I think the folks at Croteam stole it, made the SS2 trailer with it to get people excited, and now they will end up using the original Serious Engine to make SS2 with all the netcode flaws :P

[<<Hybrid>>]

Originally posted by .:EXEcution:.+Jun 12 2004, 07:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (.:EXEcution:. @ Jun 12 2004, 07:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-<<Hybrid>>@Jun 11 2004, 10:26 PM
anyone got source code?
:lol: what can you do with it? [/b][/quote]
lol thats why they was arrested - by stealing source code
with it you can hack game or make your own (etc etc bla bla bla....) :)

[TheMaster]

Yeah, so does anyone have it? :P j/k