Wie uns
Doug Lombardi soeben mitteilt gab es mehrere Festnahmen in verschiedenen Ländern im Zusammenhang mit dem Source-Code Diebstahl. Valve bedankt sich bei allen Fans, ohne die es
unmöglich gewesen wäre die Beteiligten dingfest zu machen.
Es war außergewöhnlich zuzusehen wie schnell und clever die Community Zusammenhänge entdeckt und entwirrt hat, welche für die zuständigen Behörden unlösbare Probleme dargestellt hätten, so
Gabe Newell wörtlich. Tausende Hinweise sind bei Valve eingetroffen, welche von Spezialisten analysiert wurden und Rückschlüsse auf die Täter offenbart haben.
Zitat:
Jeder hier bei Valve wurde einmal mehr daran erinnert wieviel wir der Community schulden, Gabe Newell.
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Die Pressemitteilung im Originalwortlaut:
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.
07.06.2009, 21:31 Uhr
