Hackers charged with Xbox One, Valve, Call of Duty data theft

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The United States has charged four members of an international hacking ring with stealing up to $200 million in intellectual property and other data from Microsoft, Epic Games, Valve, Zombie Studios and the US Army. The hackers are charged with stealing software related to Xbox Live, Xbox One, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War 3.

"Specifically, the data cyber-theft allegedly included source code, technical specifications and related information for Microsoft's then-unreleased Xbox One gaming console; intellectual property and proprietary data related to Xbox Live, Microsoft's online multi-player gaming and media-delivery system; Apache helicopter simulator software developed by Zombie Studios for the US Army; a pre-release version of Epic's video game, Gears of War 3; and a pre-release version of Activision's video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The defendants also allegedly conspired to use, share and sell the stolen information," the US Department of Justice says in a press release.

The hacking group used SQL injection and stolen usernames and passwords to break into the targeted companies' networks. The men charged are Nathan Leroux, 20, of Bowie, Maryland; Sanadodeh Nesheiwat, 28, of Washington, New Jersey; David Pokora, 22, of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; and Austin Alcala, 18, of McCordsville, Indiana. Pokora and Nesheiwat have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and copyright infringement, both scheduled for sentencing in January.

"Pokora's plea is believed to be the first conviction of a foreign-based individual for hacking into US businesses to steal trade secret information," the Department of Justice says. Authorities in Australia have charged an Australian citizen in relation to this conspiracy.

You can read the story we posted with the warrant documents back in 2013 when SuperDae was arrested below.

SUPERDAE RAIDED OVER DURANGO (EXCLUSIVE WARRANT PICTURE)
http://www.thetechgame.com/News/article/sid=4125.html

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/30/hackers-charged-with-xbox-one-valve-call-of-duty-data-theft/

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GossipPosted:

Whats the point of this though? Just a waste of time and effort.

BoarPosted:

Miss How can you guys get caught. You shouldn't even be hackers if you're not smart enough to get away with it.


There is no such thing as the perfect crime lol, I guess this is as good as any evidence of that

GHOSTIZABOSSPosted:

Omg wow reading this is so crazy

HippieSabotagePosted:

honestly its amazing how they have the skills to do this impressive in my opinion.

BoarPosted:

Damn, these guys must have known what they're doing to get through that ;-;

VanDykeBrownPosted:

TrueHardcoreGamer LMFOA this to funny what happened to the GREAT & POWERFUL Microsoft that NEVER gets Hacked, must been a Microsoft fanboy mith, let me tell u a secret Microsoft can always be hacked as easy like Sony or anything else a Hacker TARGETS, Microsoft software is not better then others ANY Software can be HACKED, and thats a FACT, its childish to say Sony sucks cuz they can be hacked easy when Microsoft can be hacked easy ALSO, so hopefully this fanboy crap should end now that this news is proof, ""its SAD for ANYONE that gets hacked""


lern2spelm8
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Nobody ever targets Microsoft may be a true statement, but how does that mean that sony is in any way equal with that? If I could care less about everything else except for how many times stuff is hacked, I would conclude that it would be better to get an xbox rather than a playstation. Even if they can get hacked, nobody ever does.

TrueHardcoreGamerPosted:

LMFOA this to funny what happened to the GREAT & POWERFUL Microsoft that NEVER gets Hacked, must been a Microsoft fanboy mith, let me tell u a secret Microsoft can always be hacked as easy like Sony or anything else a Hacker TARGETS, Microsoft software is not better then others ANY Software can be HACKED, and thats a FACT, its childish to say Sony sucks cuz they can be hacked easy when Microsoft can be hacked easy ALSO, so hopefully this fanboy crap should end now that this news is proof, ""its SAD for ANYONE that gets hacked""

ExeRPosted:

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T-33 Maybe they should do what google done and hire the hackers to make their security better.


They Used SQL injection to attack the sites. Anyone with half a brain can perform SQLi it's seriously not hard.


You're honestly such an idiot.

AstronautsPosted:

Damn they took a lot and it sucks for them that they got caught lol.

JRMHPosted:

Whelp this is essentially a scholarship to working for high-end companies such as Google Microsoft. Except for the part where they pay for the crime they committed, lol.


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