Hackers Claim to Have Grabbed Halo: Reach From Microsoft Site

[Lord_Panzer]

For both getting it early and keeping it to themselves. Well done, sirs.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

I posted a thread about this first, i declare myself winner

 

[Robby Foxfur]

I never understood wanting to steal a game and then brag about it ... why not rob a bank then shout at a police station about how you got away with it ... You think these "hackers" know that Microsoft and Bungie could sue them for millions, and yeah idk if most hackers have a huge bank roll but i know i can't pay back 48 million dollars for stole intellectual property.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Why is everyone mad at the hackers?

Microsoft and Bungie made a big HEY CHECK IT OUT HACK US sticker

Grats to them on showing them up

 

[0a0x0e0]

Who would risk being sued by MS for a Halo game? If it was something like Kotor 3 I could understand.

So in other words "I can't understand why anybody else would have a view point different than my own!"

 

[Bat Vader]

Why would they tell anyone that they hacked Microsoft's site and got the game early? That is just asking for legal troubles.

 

[PurpleSky]

Take it away, House :

 

[icyneesan]

I'm surprised they were able to download it from the Microsoft servers, I mean why is it even there in the first place?

Take it away, House :

This made me forget what the thread was about

 

[Vrex360]

Well at least they aren't trying to illegally distribute it. But on the other hand if they aren't, all they are doing is telling the world that they went to extra effort to hack and steal a game that is coming out soon anyway and have no further intentions except to brag about obtaining it.
I don't approve of hacking the system but at least it was for the noble cause of not wanting to wait another 25 days or so.

 

[Treblaine]

PC gaming is dying... all the best games get pirated even before launch.

... wait.

Edit: If Bungie can't keep this under wraps but this unheard of group can, well I severely doubt it. Expect torrents of this within days.

 

[Littlee300]

I'll bet the modders only got the game so they could see if they liked it enough to buy it./quote]
That is the a very stupid idea and would not be a effort to do what pirating could do and would take a lot less of effort.

 

[Nouw]

Take it away, House :

Couldn't say it any better. Oh well, as long as they keep it to themselves...

 

[Baldr]

These hackers just probably delayed the release date for everybody.

 

[ionveau]

PC gaming is dying... all the best games get pirated even before launch.

... wait.

Edit: If Bungie can't keep this under wraps but this unheard of group can, well I severely doubt it. Expect torrents of this within days.

Lies, Piracy is why Warcraft (maybe WoW thanks to private servers) and star craft are so big, If you didnt know Warcraft has a 75% piracy rating thats why its so big and private servers for WoW serve as a free trial.

And even blizzard relessed a patch to remove all DRM from warcraft 3, they know whats good for them

 

[ionveau]

These hackers just probably delayed the release date for everybody.

Relax its just a marketing stunt, if they where smart they would upload the game with link bucks then watch the money roll in, If they are just going to play the game and enjoy it, they are very light minded its like having your cake and not eating it

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

I don't know really what to feel: Hackers got the game, eh. Micrsoft's security was breached eh, oh wait...

If anything, it's a good lesson that XBL is not 100% crack-proof.

Take it away, House :

Spoiler

Come on House, take it to the fridge!

 

[Red Albatross]

Hmmm, well my immediate thought on this is to call "BS".

From the way things sound Microsoft probably let the game be leaked in order to generate hype. I mean the story is getting our attention isn't it? Upon reading this tons of interested people going to go around searching for copies, and probably run into 30 tons of advertisement and in the process whip themselves into a frenzy for something they probably won't find, and then wind up anticipating the release even more as they run out to buy the game.

I say this because it strikes me as bloody unlikely that a hacker group would admit something like this, but then not release the game. It sounds like a way of experimenting with having their cake and eating it too, all the publicity from a "we were hacked" stunt without giving away a few thousand copies via torrents before they "catch on" and stop it.

Very cynical. For that, I'm inclined to agree. Or, even if the leak wasn't intentional, MS probably isn't as outraged as they're pretending to be. It's definitely a lot of free publicity, plus it gives the industry giants another weapon to lash out at cracker teams and pirates. Everyone gets hosed.