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Hacker Releases 1.7TB Treasure Trove of Gaming Info

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-a-look dept.

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."

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  1. Insurance Policy? by Orestesx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Right...cause if he gets in trouble, blackmail will surely get him out of it.

    1. Re:Insurance Policy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Listen up, world! I've got evidence that the senator's been holding a human trafficking and slavery ring in the #7 warehouse on the docks, as well as papers showing the exact schedules of these activities and how they've helped his campaigns! And here's all of that evidence for download! I'm using this as insurance against him arresting me for my breaking and entering into his office to get this information!"
      "So... how is this insurance?"
      "Because if he tries to arrest me, I'll release all the information to the world!"
      "But you just did that."
      "Of course I did! That way he knows I'm not bluffing! If he tries something stupid, I'll release it all again! So you see, Senator, I hold all the cards!"

    2. Re:Insurance Policy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Just for reference, if you look at the summary you'll see that what he's released is that trove... encrypted. The idea is that if he gets arrested, he yells out the passphrase, but until then this might as well be 1.7TiB of /dev/random

    3. Re:Insurance Policy? by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because yelling a passphrase is easier than yelling out 1.7TB of data on the spot?

      They're trashing our rights, man! They're trashing the flow of data! Hack the planet!

    4. Re:Insurance Policy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      He has a Beowulf cluster of geiger counters!

  2. Unintended Consequences by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now hackers everywhere have a reason to get SuperDaeE arrested.

  3. FTP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > using centralized resource to distribute "insurance"
    >> 2013

  4. I am a 1337 hax0r by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have 2.0 GB of source code for Windows 8, Windows 9 alpha, Call of Duty Ghosts, World of Warcraft Annihilation and Donkey Kong Junior. I have encrypted the file and am withholding the key in case I get arrested. But trust me, it's all there.

  5. Re:Too large to be useful... by VorpalRodent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And even if they did...what's the value? Please explain to me if I'm missing something, but if I can't decrypt it, then my having a copy is just to protect his "insurance policy", in which case I'm aiding and abetting. I assume additional risk with zero potential benefit, except perhaps helping "stick it to the corporate blah blah blah"?

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    Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.
  6. He's obviously not Canadian by Kinwolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least we know this hacker isn't Canadian. With our current ISP plans, it would have taken 1.5 years to upload 1.7TB of data without busting the bank in extra fees for bandwith.

  7. Re:So not only a hacker... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He's a minor himself. The "child pornography" could be pictures of his own dick for all we know, or a 17 year old girlfriend. The "drug" charges are "posession of cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia" so who gives a shit and the "weapons" charge was supposedly a stun gun. Not a taser, just one of those sparky things.