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Phatbot Trojan Suspect Linked To Half-Life 2 Code Theft?
Thanks to Gamers With Jobs for its story claiming possible links between the theft of the Half-Life 2 code and the Phatbot trojan writer, following the arrest of the alleged Phatbot creator in Germany last week, as the site claims, regarding "Axel G., 21 years old and known under the nick 'Ago'", that "German IT news mag Heise.de did some investigation [German-language link] and according to their research Axel G. probably also was heavily involved in the Half-Life 2 code theft that happened more than 7 months ago", pointing particularly to an IRC log, available on a Half-Life 2 leak page since late last year, which has Ago allegedly saying "[Download speed] suxx, especially from valve to germany... i coded myself my own sourcesafe client to get it at full speed... i only used a simple null-session to a pc in valves net, that wasnt directly controlled by valve."
Let me guess, he also blew up the World Trade Center?
May we never see th
Hey you jerk! I was going to say the exact same thing! You stole my idea!
Even Microsoft don't use SourceSafe.
It's that bad.
Seriously. I'm really at a loss to why Valve blamed the delays on the code theft. Valve didn't actually lose anything -- even if the cracker had trashed their code repository, they could've just grabbed the code from Kazaa.
Isn't murder the act of taking one's life and not returning it? That is theft in my book :)
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
Isn't murder the act of taking one's life and not returning it?
Yes, but it was only half of a life, not an entire one. Also, half life 2's official logo has the 2 written as a power. So, one could argue that it was only a quarter of a life that was taken.