Options
IE Gets Blame for Theft of Half-Life 2 Source Code
Security experts are blaming known but unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer for the theft and distribution of the source code for a much anticipated new video game.
The source code for Valve Corp.'s Half Life 2, a sequel to the popular shoot-'em-up game that was due out by December, was posted on the Internet on Thursday, according to a statement from Valve Managing Director Gabe Newell.
The theft of the code, which was made available for download on the Net, came after a monthlong concerted effort by hackers to infiltrate Valve's network. Malicious activity in the Valve network included denial-of-service attacks, suspicious e-mail activity and the installation of keystroke loggers, Newell added.
This theft is only one item on a long list of security-related problems for the Redmond, Wash. software maker this week. Other happenings included the discovery of more security flaws in Internet Explorer and the filing of a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over such vulnerabilities in both applications and system software. And the company was also stung by a recent report arguing that the dominance of Windows is a hindrance to computing security.
Read the full article over @ [link=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1307526,00.asp]EWeek.com[/link]
The source code for Valve Corp.'s Half Life 2, a sequel to the popular shoot-'em-up game that was due out by December, was posted on the Internet on Thursday, according to a statement from Valve Managing Director Gabe Newell.
The theft of the code, which was made available for download on the Net, came after a monthlong concerted effort by hackers to infiltrate Valve's network. Malicious activity in the Valve network included denial-of-service attacks, suspicious e-mail activity and the installation of keystroke loggers, Newell added.
This theft is only one item on a long list of security-related problems for the Redmond, Wash. software maker this week. Other happenings included the discovery of more security flaws in Internet Explorer and the filing of a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over such vulnerabilities in both applications and system software. And the company was also stung by a recent report arguing that the dominance of Windows is a hindrance to computing security.
Read the full article over @ [link=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1307526,00.asp]EWeek.com[/link]
0
Comments
ROFL
Figures
Microsoft! They're the Cream of the Crap!
AFAIK - Use the OS and nothing else......
Netscape For Life!
Right there, they prove they are dumbasses.
i'm sick of waiting. i was so pumped that in the very near future i would be playing hl2... but nooo...
They are rewriting the code that was stolen. That's no easy task. It was over 136MB of TEXT. That's a lot, and only a third of the game. That's Valve's official statement anyway. How they compiled a game with multiplayer and singleplayer is beyond me if the above is true. I don't think any of us want Counter-strike^20 in terms of cheaters. It's like having a girlfriend nude on the beach and not expecting anyone to look. Valve's in trouble. This hasn't happened before, so we really can't predict what's going to happen to the game after it's release, unless they rewrite the code in some form.
April anyone?