Theft source code Half Life 2 makes gamers vulnerable
Future players of Half Life 2, the langverwachte spell has been postponed that till end this year, can against protections problems come towards. Hackers stole namely the complete source code of the game of developer Valve Software.
Gabe Newell, founder and general manager of Valve, reported the theft via a message on the forum of the accompanying gamesite HalfLife2.net. Before all rumors circulated about leaked source code. Valve gives further no comment on the theft, but affirmed Monday that the message of Newell authentic was.
In the message reports Newell that an intruder on Valve's network half September entry had till the e-mailaccounts of the business.,. On 19 September then the entire source code of Half Life 2 became of the network gecopyd. Have “you experienced ever once in a while such week”", asks Newell in its message. “Yes, the on internet appeared source code is that of Half Life 2.”
According to the communication on the forum nearly the whole internal network is been accessible for the attacker (s). Key loggers with which test attacks registered become, are uses round to abouttake the passwords of employees and other confidential information, according to the message. According to the business, the network wanted to grind threatened in the past year all talloze by so-called denial-or-service-attack.
Half Life 2 is a title where many gamers with sorrow on are waiting. The game, that end this year comes out, and the classic theme has in which the men take must the on against malicious aliens. The original game was enormously popular, not only because of its strong story in the single player-part, but also through different expansions on multiplayergebied, of which it is in 1998 come out Counter Bow the most known. According to data of game-site GameSpy is Half Life, including expansions, still the mostly popular online schietspel.
Thor Larholm, actively by protections business PivX Solutions, knew to get the source code in possession via the internet and got the game at the talk. “It worked, and layman indeed the complete version of Half Life 2 to be”, according to the protections analyst.
According to some, the hackers want to take with this theft especially a lead to play by the developing of manners false in the game. Larholm has been added someone else opinion: “The leaked source code is also through hackers and other evilwillenden to abuse to travel by train protections leak in the game on. That leads to it that the systems Half Life 2-players receptive become for an attack, as soon as they online will play. And that makes this till a serious hack; I hope that they the thieves find.”
In its message on HalfLife2.net mentioned Valve-senior official Newell the help in of the online community at the tracing of the thieves. “I a special e-mailaddress have can steer true men information to: Helpvalve@valvesoftware.com”, he wrote. “As your only information have about the denial-or-service-attack or the infiltratie of our network, steer us then please the details.”