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How Hackers Accidentally Sold a Pre-Release XBox One To the FBI

Posted by timothy on from the we-call-this-the-low-priority-unit dept.

SpacemanukBEJY.53u (3309653) writes Earlier this week, an indictment was unsealed outlining a long list of charges against a group of men that stole intellectual property from gaming companies such as Epic Games, Valve, Activision and Microsoft. An Australian member of the group, Dylan Wheeler, describes how it was betrayed by an informant working for the FBI, which bought a hardware mockup of an Xbox One that the group built using source code stolen from Microsoft's Game Developer Network Portal. The device, which the FBI paid $5,000 for, was supposed to be sent to the Seychelles, but never arrived, which indicated the hacking collective had a mole.

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  1. Yay! by Njorthbiatr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must mean they've already caught all the murderers, rapists, serial killers, and other dangerous criminals, now they have to turn to this.

    1. Re:Yay! by Russ1642 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      So someone could steal your car, steal your identity, destroy your business with a targeted hack, and you'd be fine with the police not investigating because there are still murderers and rapists out there? Alrighty then. Crime is crime and it all deserves to be investigated. Some crimes are worse but it's not like they put them in order, start with the murderers and completely ignore the rest.

  2. Someone wanted an Xbox One at launch??? by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have known it was a setup when someone offered to buy an Xbox One.

    I kid, I kid. ;-)

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