Half Life 2 Arrests
Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:54 pm
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.
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.
Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:00 pm
Hate to say it, but old news.
Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:25 pm
Originally posted by Evan
Hate to say it, but old news.
Hmm it was just posted today where i got it. Sry
Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:56 pm
Will they be lowering the price as a measure of their respect for the gaming community?
Will they bollocks!
Will they bollocks!
Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:20 pm
nah, there gonna up the price to pay for the lawyers for all the cases 
Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:22 pm
How about giving us all free Radeon XT vouchers? 
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:25 pm
Originally posted by Evan
Hate to say it, but old news.
2 hours and it's considered old news?
wow
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:26 pm
Originally posted by shockwave203
2 hours and it's considered old news?
wow
Shows how little you know.
Arrests and cases have already been made a while ago.
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:29 pm
Originally posted by Evan
Shows how little you know.
Arrests and cases have already been made a while ago.
this is the first major announcement that's been made regarding this matter.
Virtually no one knew about it until Gamershell posted it today.
It's not old news to 99% of people out there
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:36 pm
Originally posted by shockwave203
this is the first major announcement that's been made regarding this matter.
Virtually no one knew about it until Gamershell posted it today.
It's not old news to 99% of people out there
Anyone who keeps up on these things already knew it has happened. It's even mentioned in PC Gamer's magazine (an issue or two back).
Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:12 pm
When were the arrests actually made then?
Thu Jun 10, 2004 8:44 pm
Never did specify a place. Just said that arrests had been made. Not like I care where they were made, lol.
Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:09 pm
Uhh, dude... these are new arrests.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5397366
FBI said this today.... I didn't know that those gaming mags could tell the future too!
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5397366
FBI said this today.... I didn't know that those gaming mags could tell the future too!
Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:32 pm
"Half-Life," one of the most popular games ever, stars hunky scientist Gordon Freeman as he battles against aliens.
Er...what?
Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:44 pm
I didn't know...
...because I was at work.
...because I was at work.