Valve Interview Helps Reveal Details Of HL2 Code Theft 38
Thanks to The Guardian for its article providing further details on the arrest of the Half-Life 2 code thieves, with Valve's Gabe Newell explaining: "Through conversations with this individual, [we] had convinced him to fly out to us in Seattle for a job interview. The plan was changed so German authorities would do the arrests on German soil." These facts seem to coincide with allegations that the Phatbot trojan writer also stole the Half-Life 2 code, leading to "Axel G"'s arrest in May by German authorities following FBI tips. Although unconfirmed, one can also presume the previously mentioned smoking gun to be an "incriminating information" packed IRC log, revealing the source of the intrusion as the webservers of a wearable computing firm with links to Valve, on a machine likely housed in the same physical location as the Valve offices, explaining the hacker's comments that he gained entry via "a PC in Valve's net, that wasnt directly controlled by Valve."
Re:My question is... (Score:4, Funny)
:p
can't wait.. (Score:4, Funny)
Valve is preparing to sue the hackers for damages, while working towards an end-of-summer release date for Half-Life 2 - widely considered the most anticipated shooter in PC gaming history
finally! i can put this high-end laptop to some use...
-Grump
Re:another_log.txt (Score:4, Funny)
And hell, if the thing goes down, shitty webhosts for this sort of thing are free and plentiful.
Flying out for a job interview ? lol (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder how exactly they would have come onto this :
Scenario :
Gabe : 'Ok, well, im really pissed off you hacked our network, and released HL2 online... BUT.... you seriously look like a good coder... So how about working with us on HL3 ? uh ? uh ? '
I see.... (Score:1, Funny)