What happened to the hacker?
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Mr Chong
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When I say this, it's only heresay - I have no proof of what I say so it might be utter bollocks
Word was going round that it was one of the 'planet insertgamehere' guys which is why one of the planet sites got deleted (found a complete copy of HL2 on their webspace).
If it's true then i think the hacker is in a world of sh*t right now
Word was going round that it was one of the 'planet insertgamehere' guys which is why one of the planet sites got deleted (found a complete copy of HL2 on their webspace).
If it's true then i think the hacker is in a world of sh*t right now
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That's one fuggin' pro-ass h4x0r if he isn't gonna' get caught. I forgot about him for quite some time now, but this thread now rekindled my interest in him being caught and mutilated... errr, tortured... err, burned at the stake? 
Ahh, forget it... >__<
Ahh, forget it... >__<
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To be honest I couldnt care less about what happens to the hacker, in the scheme of things it doesnt affect me one little bit.
A relative of a neighbor of a colleague of a friend of mine would have heard that somebody would have written on a confidential chat that there was nothing officially new about the fate of the hacker, but that was not totally sure...
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"A relative of a neighbor of a colleague of a friend of mine would have heard that somebody would have written on a confidential chat that there was nothing officially new about the fate of the hacker, but that was not totally sure..."
I think I heard that too
I think I heard that too
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Wow, you know Jerry?
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Small world....
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he's prolly working for Valve now, sweeping floors and washing windows
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Yea cuz Valve would LOVE to have a guy like that in-house walking around =D
Anyways.. Doesn't these things always take tonnes of time?
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as thinks seem to be right now, the chance that he'll be caught is as big as hl2 being released before april 2004 .
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"Hamster"
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Lonestar: "What does that make us?"
Dark Helmet: "Absolutely nothing!"
Gotta love that movie.
Personally, I hope they publicly flog and keel haul the guy...but chances are he won't be caught any time soon.
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In my opinion, if that hacker wanted to be cool, he should have released a bunch of screenshots. At least that way the damage would have been minimized. Even if he released the beta, but didn't release the code, I might not have been that mad at the hacker. The stupid *** released the source code....which is a line you don't cross.
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Hacker + Hacksaw (rusty) = Fun!
im pretty sure nothing happend to him or is going to happen to him unless he comes to the us, becuase i heard he is in sweden or something like that. and other countrys dont have the same laws against computer crimes so we cant extradite him
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lol now thats not a bad idea
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duh guys, gabe hacked it himself.. obviously. he has a self-hating complex that stems from the ppl on this forum (and only this one) that make fun of his weight (you know who you are)!
9/29/03 ~ 11:00pm local time. gaben sweats (profusely) as he is on the cusp of releasing potentially the most anticipated game ever. visions of notoriety, press conferrences, flashing light bulbs, children, nobel prizes, book deals, o'reilly, paparatzzi... gabens head swirls, knowing that once he hits the button that will finalize the game, more media and notoriety will be heaped upon him by the minute. he'll become the most famous thing since sliced bread! more people will know the name gaben than the name of GOD!!!!! the pressure is building for gaben, he slams back another bottle of valium, trying to calm his psychopathofrenticalmania.. but it doesn't work!! gabens fingers, which have always served him well, want to press the "submit game" button on his workstation keyboard, but his brain wants to hit the "haxored!!" button! he knew it was a bad idea when he had the IT ppl install the haxored!! button a few weeks ago, but in the back of his mind, he could see this day coming. gaben now sleep-deprived and valium-riddled psyche could not cope with the impending fame which the HL2 would bring. gaben found himself once again fantasizing about murdering gordon, alyx and the ret of his little minions with the very crowbar that has come to symbolize the struggle of man against alien! oh how gaben wishes the little polygon beings could vanish from his world, to be rid of gordon and his mute exploits! to be free!!
but it's too late now, everyone knows about HL2 it IS the most anticipated thing in history, even more anticipated than the second coming of george washington!! trillions of people are sitting awake this night, knowing that tomorrow, their dreary and hopeless lives will be reborn in the light of the crowbar! gaben knows they're there, waiting for him to hit the "submit game" button, he can't get the thoughts out of his head! his ample fingers hover, impotently, above the keyboard. pictures of recieving accolade after praise run through gabens mind, and behind the cheers gaben can see his "fans" snickering and jeering at him. in the dark corners, people make fun of his girth. he sees himself ambling up to receive his pulitzer, from the international pulitzer committee chair, Guy Headly, and as he is getting his due reward, Guy smirks, "hey, maybe we should give you two of these, heh". gaben can't stand it anymore, the pressure his crushing him!!! in a fit of weakness, gaben's hand smashes down on the bright red "haxored!!" button!!!! a copy of the source code is immediately uploaded to gaben's friend, Anon of Denmark (that's his real name, he's actually from Sweden, but his name is 'Anon of Denmark', weird).
Anon calls up gaben a few minutes later, and is like, "ya, ees dees der gaben, ya? vut ees dees code-like geebereesh zat you haff ooplooded to my machine, ya?"
gaben replies, "it's the source, anon, the source of my pain"
anon, "vut der fook?"
gaben, "it's the HL2 source anon."
anon, "ahh, yah, oor-kay, vut ees eet you vunt me to do veeth eet?"
gaben, "upload it to as many children as you can, anon. and don't stop until you're dead!"
anon, "yah, oo-kay, i can doo zat."
gaben, "anon"
anon, "yah gaben?"
gaben, "..."
anon, *cough*
gaben, "i love you man."
anon, "yah, oor-kay there"
gaben, "yeah.."
anon, "oo-kay, ees theer anyting else i can help you veeth der gaben?"
gaben, "nah, that's pretty much it. how's the misses?"
anon, " oh, she's doing joost fine. thanks for asking!"
gaben, " send her my regards.. oh and be sure to distribute the source, k? thx!"
anon, "np, ttyl"
i mean, it's pretty obvious guys.
9/29/03 ~ 11:00pm local time. gaben sweats (profusely) as he is on the cusp of releasing potentially the most anticipated game ever. visions of notoriety, press conferrences, flashing light bulbs, children, nobel prizes, book deals, o'reilly, paparatzzi... gabens head swirls, knowing that once he hits the button that will finalize the game, more media and notoriety will be heaped upon him by the minute. he'll become the most famous thing since sliced bread! more people will know the name gaben than the name of GOD!!!!! the pressure is building for gaben, he slams back another bottle of valium, trying to calm his psychopathofrenticalmania.. but it doesn't work!! gabens fingers, which have always served him well, want to press the "submit game" button on his workstation keyboard, but his brain wants to hit the "haxored!!" button! he knew it was a bad idea when he had the IT ppl install the haxored!! button a few weeks ago, but in the back of his mind, he could see this day coming. gaben now sleep-deprived and valium-riddled psyche could not cope with the impending fame which the HL2 would bring. gaben found himself once again fantasizing about murdering gordon, alyx and the ret of his little minions with the very crowbar that has come to symbolize the struggle of man against alien! oh how gaben wishes the little polygon beings could vanish from his world, to be rid of gordon and his mute exploits! to be free!!
but it's too late now, everyone knows about HL2 it IS the most anticipated thing in history, even more anticipated than the second coming of george washington!! trillions of people are sitting awake this night, knowing that tomorrow, their dreary and hopeless lives will be reborn in the light of the crowbar! gaben knows they're there, waiting for him to hit the "submit game" button, he can't get the thoughts out of his head! his ample fingers hover, impotently, above the keyboard. pictures of recieving accolade after praise run through gabens mind, and behind the cheers gaben can see his "fans" snickering and jeering at him. in the dark corners, people make fun of his girth. he sees himself ambling up to receive his pulitzer, from the international pulitzer committee chair, Guy Headly, and as he is getting his due reward, Guy smirks, "hey, maybe we should give you two of these, heh". gaben can't stand it anymore, the pressure his crushing him!!! in a fit of weakness, gaben's hand smashes down on the bright red "haxored!!" button!!!! a copy of the source code is immediately uploaded to gaben's friend, Anon of Denmark (that's his real name, he's actually from Sweden, but his name is 'Anon of Denmark', weird).
Anon calls up gaben a few minutes later, and is like, "ya, ees dees der gaben, ya? vut ees dees code-like geebereesh zat you haff ooplooded to my machine, ya?"
gaben replies, "it's the source, anon, the source of my pain"
anon, "vut der fook?"
gaben, "it's the HL2 source anon."
anon, "ahh, yah, oor-kay, vut ees eet you vunt me to do veeth eet?"
gaben, "upload it to as many children as you can, anon. and don't stop until you're dead!"
anon, "yah, oo-kay, i can doo zat."
gaben, "anon"
anon, "yah gaben?"
gaben, "..."
anon, *cough*
gaben, "i love you man."
anon, "yah, oor-kay there"
gaben, "yeah.."
anon, "oo-kay, ees theer anyting else i can help you veeth der gaben?"
gaben, "nah, that's pretty much it. how's the misses?"
anon, " oh, she's doing joost fine. thanks for asking!"
gaben, " send her my regards.. oh and be sure to distribute the source, k? thx!"
anon, "np, ttyl"
i mean, it's pretty obvious guys.
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just cos I'm bored I'm going to see how the conversation would look if Anon was Swedish...
Anon calls up gaben a few minutes later, and is like, "Tjenare, det är Gaben va? Vad är det här för kod-sak som du har laddat upp till min dator?"
gaben replies, "it's the source, anon, the source of my pain"
anon, "Vad fan?"
gaben, "it's the HL2 source anon."
anon, "ahh, jaha, ok. Vad vill du att jag ska göra med den?"
gaben, "upload it to as many children as you can, anon. and don't stop until you're dead!"
anon, "jepp, det gör jag. inga problem."
gaben, "anon"
anon, "ja gaben?"
gaben, "..."
anon, *host*
gaben, "i love you man."
anon, "ja du, ta det lugnt nu va!"
gaben, "yeah.."
anon, "sådär, är det något mer du vill att jag ska göra, gaben gamla kompis?"
gaben, "nah, that's pretty much it. how's the misses?"
anon, "´Det är fint-fint med henne. Tack för att du frågade!"
gaben, " send her my regards.. oh and be sure to distribute the source, k? thx!"
anon, "inga problem, ttyl"
Yes people I know, I have way to much time on my hands...
Anon calls up gaben a few minutes later, and is like, "Tjenare, det är Gaben va? Vad är det här för kod-sak som du har laddat upp till min dator?"
gaben replies, "it's the source, anon, the source of my pain"
anon, "Vad fan?"
gaben, "it's the HL2 source anon."
anon, "ahh, jaha, ok. Vad vill du att jag ska göra med den?"
gaben, "upload it to as many children as you can, anon. and don't stop until you're dead!"
anon, "jepp, det gör jag. inga problem."
gaben, "anon"
anon, "ja gaben?"
gaben, "..."
anon, *host*
gaben, "i love you man."
anon, "ja du, ta det lugnt nu va!"
gaben, "yeah.."
anon, "sådär, är det något mer du vill att jag ska göra, gaben gamla kompis?"
gaben, "nah, that's pretty much it. how's the misses?"
anon, "´Det är fint-fint med henne. Tack för att du frågade!"
gaben, " send her my regards.. oh and be sure to distribute the source, k? thx!"
anon, "inga problem, ttyl"
Yes people I know, I have way to much time on my hands...
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lol, gabe can't understnad swedic-talk.. silly goose.
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you're sick.
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you guys are so funny.
how hard is it to find a wireless network somewhere, whether its your local library or a big office building complex, connect to the net via their wireless network (or if its not a wireless network, find a network cable and plug it into your laptop without anyone seeing! wow this is not hard!), hack valves ass on your laptop, steal all the crap and put it on your laptop, then upload it to irc where it spreads from there exponentially fast making it impossible to find the exact source where the files came from.
what is valve going to do? trace the IP back to this network library/office building, get a warrant to see IP logs and such from the isp they use, grabbing the MAC address registered with the hacker's IP at that time, get a warrant to check this library/company's computers then check every computer in their network and when they dont find the computer with the matching mac address, holy shit they cant do a thing!! wow look at these server logs...gee it looks like someone plugged their damn laptop into the wall! ahahahha
if someone is smart enough to hack valve and gank everything they had, don't you think they would be smart enough to not get caught? you could even go to your library and sit down on one of their computers and do it, then upload the shit to a personal FTP..but that leaves a trace.
come on people, you don't have to be a 1337 hacker to figure this out!
how hard is it to find a wireless network somewhere, whether its your local library or a big office building complex, connect to the net via their wireless network (or if its not a wireless network, find a network cable and plug it into your laptop without anyone seeing! wow this is not hard!), hack valves ass on your laptop, steal all the crap and put it on your laptop, then upload it to irc where it spreads from there exponentially fast making it impossible to find the exact source where the files came from.
what is valve going to do? trace the IP back to this network library/office building, get a warrant to see IP logs and such from the isp they use, grabbing the MAC address registered with the hacker's IP at that time, get a warrant to check this library/company's computers then check every computer in their network and when they dont find the computer with the matching mac address, holy shit they cant do a thing!! wow look at these server logs...gee it looks like someone plugged their damn laptop into the wall! ahahahha
if someone is smart enough to hack valve and gank everything they had, don't you think they would be smart enough to not get caught? you could even go to your library and sit down on one of their computers and do it, then upload the shit to a personal FTP..but that leaves a trace.
come on people, you don't have to be a 1337 hacker to figure this out!
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looks like we found Anon.. quick! alert the swedish authorities!! get ready for some seriously hot legal action you danish tulip!!
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antianti
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It's actually not that bad. Think about it:
No company would *DARE* touch the source, as if an internal memo leaked, or an employee got a tad miffed and wanted to quit with a bang and a reward, or etc... Then there would be a *massive* lawsuit for which there would be no reasonable defense (Unannounced search-and-siezure of equipment means no time to erase and overwrite evidence)
No hacker would be able to use it. It's not even a finished beta and only the rendering engine is close to being ready. Anything and *everything* can be made incompatable between now and release. Hell, changing what types variables are would be enough to screw a hacker over completely. The game code isn't complete enough for anything besides wallhacks and the move-mouse-to-color aimbots, and hackers don't need the source code to make those anyway.
There's actually not that much damage done... Worst that could happen would be for some company to pay another company to analyze the code for algorithems, and then use the algorithems as a basis for code... But still, that's high cost for minimal work, and it's still not legal anyway.
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Get ready for some seriously hot legal action? Sounds like the tag-line for a courtroom porm film!!
On topic: This is what happened to the hacker. There was this elephant see, and the elephant kidnapped the hacker and was going to collect a massive bounty from Valve but then, right, then there was a huge tornado and it picked up the elephant, who had the hacker slung over his back, and threw him into deep space. Will the elephant survive? What will happen to the hacker? And who is the mysterious F-Man? Find out in Elephant-Life 2 coming next month... Oh wait, I just got hacked and somebody stole half the story. I'll delay it a year then.
No that wasn't a dig at Valve, those guys are doing the best that they can right now.
