Hacker Releases 1.7TB Treasure Trove of Gaming Info 293
mvar writes "According to Kotaku, a hacker named SuperDaeE who breached multiple gaming companies (Valve, Sony, MS to name a few) has released a 1.7TB treasure trove file for download. The file which contains source code for older titles plus development kits for the PS4 and Xbox One consoles, is encrypted and SuperDaeE claims that it is his insurance in case he gets arrested."
Re:Fucking idiot (Score:5, Informative)
I never user products from companies who feed customer data to the NSA. Are you listening, Google?
So how are you posting this again? Every Internet company is feeding data to the NSA sooooo?
Re:Encrypted blob (Score:5, Informative)
The xbox 360 base SDK is 2GB. If you count all extra stuff for Kinect etc. it's even bigger.
And they probably have tons of other middleware software, some of which could come with their own editing and authoring tools. That alone could account for a hundred gigs if not more.
Then there is source code. It's not unusal for a piece of software to have sources that account for 500MB, and several gigabytes if you include binaries.
All in all they probably also have binary assets of some sort, but software does take quite some space on a disk.
Re:Insurance Policy? (Score:4, Informative)
Sure, but Dev kits are also much more open than a release console. They need to be to let the Dev run unsigned code of their own while it's being made; any exploits you may find in this code may not be usable in the final product; especially since the consoles are possibly still being made.
Re:Insurance Policy? (Score:0, Informative)
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/538/ [xkcd.com]
Re:Upgrade my cell to solitary, please.... (Score:4, Informative)
Actually I disagree. All you have to do is convince people there is a good chance it contains something of interest. That it is encrypted might entice people to download it in the hopes of discovering the key or decrypting it. I'll take your bet. I'll bet you a 2 TB hard drive.
I'm also willing to bet someone has blackmailed authorities into letting them go. I'm also willing to bet that said authorities did not announce that they were letting the accused go because he had some really juicy dirt on them.