HL2 Source Code Theft Arrests

[[AK]Bribo]

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.

[[AK]Squidly]

I see that Doom 3 is due out this month.

[[AK]Gunny Highway]

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.

Very cool, but they must not have found all of them Stitch is sitting here in his cube today.

[[AK]StitchJones]

I see that Doom 3 is due out this month.

7/20/2004 not 6/20/2004. 1 month away! Not that I'm tracking it, but just so you know It's NEVER COMING OUT

[[AK]StitchJones]

Very cool, but they must not have found all of them Stitch is sitting here in his cube today.

Shhhhhh, if anyone does a meta search they will discover me!

[[AK]Squidly]

7/20/2004 not 6/20/2004. 1 month away! Not that I'm tracking it, but just so you know It's NEVER COMING OUT

Sorry, but my EB store has 6/15 up on their board.

[[AK]Palooka]

Doom 3 is not coming out this month, nor will it be out next month. We'll be lucky to see it before November. In fact, HL2 might beat Doom 3 to the shelves.

[[AK]Squidly]

Looks like the bets are in...

[[AK]StitchJones]

If either one of them do actually come out this year it will be a miracle. These two companies are so great at putting hype together for their products. It's starting to put the guys over at Blizzard to shame. I'm ready to bet that Duke Nukem Forever will be out before HL2.

[[AK]Gunny Highway]

I'm ready to bet that Duke Nukem Forever will be out before HL2.

I'll take that bet considering it has been on the vapor award list for 6 years now.

[Richie]

I think I'll be giving Half Life 2 to my daughter on her 16th birthday when Half Life 2 arrives on shelves.

[[AK]Gunny Highway]

I think I'll be giving Half Life 2 to my daughter on her 16th birthday when Half Life 2 arrives on shelves.

Aren't you being a little overly optimistic?