FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft

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FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft

Posted by simoniker on Monday January 19, 2004 @06:39AM from the take-em-down dept.

TheXerox writes "According to a recent weblog post, a San Francisco native had his house raided by the FBI last week, and 'lost upwards of 9 machines, and lots of misc equipment besides' in a seizure related to the theft of the Half-Life 2 source code from Valve Software." The scanned-in search warrant posted on the site indicates the FBI were looking for "...any IP addresses related to any of the Valve internal or external networks... Valve passwords and/or usernames... any and all items... related to Valve Software, Half-Life, Half-Life 2", and the Hungry Programmers page mentions that "...several Hungries were raided on January 14th by the FBI and Secret Service, and their computers seized."

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7th post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 06:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FUCKERS
Re:YOU LOOSE IT by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 06:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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AHAHAHA

asshead jew
Those damn hippos by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 06:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Those hungry, hungry hippos. I knew they'd turn out to be nothing but trouble. No impulse control.
What I need by ModernGeek · 2004-01-19 06:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

is about 10 floppies that are all identical, if I pop one in, I want a gov't level reformat (6 times low level) done in a linux-based distro. Anyone know of a utility like this (like a doomsday device one or somthing, so this guy could have been protected).

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Why did I move here? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 06:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Goddamn drunken skinheads on the street below my window.
Can't sleep.
1. Re:Why did I move here? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  throwing water on them serves two purposes:
  
  1) confuses them
  2) makes them go away
2. Re:Why did I move here? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  3) makes them throw stones on your window
Re:Secret Service by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

LOL! MPU! :)
FIXED THE URLs by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

k?
Re:slow already by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's a hoax, guys. Get over it.
OM6 OM6 OM6 OM6 FIRST POST!!!!1111111 by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

WOO WOO!!11111!11
Re:News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-19 07:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey, chief, I think the story may be out by now.
Re:Article text by inc_x · 2004-01-19 10:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

They use bulldozers these days to destroy houses.