Re: Half-Life 2 source code stolen through IE exploit
From: Jeff Tucker (jefft_at_WCIATL.COM)
Date: 10/03/03
- Previous message: Russ: "Alert: Microsoft Security Bulletin - MS03-040"
- In reply to: Thor Larholm: "Half-Life 2 source code stolen through IE exploit"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:05:07 -0400 To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
--On Friday, October 03, 2003 8:39 AM -0700 Thor Larholm <thor@PIVX.COM>
wrote:
> In the words of Gabe Newell, Managing Director of Valve Software:
>
> "Well, this sucks. "
>
> http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=e6e7d0ce0abe19997425ef50
> fa7fe1df&threadid=10692
>
>
Note, though, that Gabe has no idea how the code was stolen. The idea that
an IE vulnerability was involved is pure conjecture. The facts that were
laid out could just as easily be explained by a disgruntled employee, a
cleaning woman on the take, a Linux server that got owned, or other
scenarios.
Jeff
-- Jeff Tucker Williams Consulting, Inc. jefft@wciatl.com ----- Most viruses these days use spoofed email addresses. As such, using an Anti- Virus product which automatically notifies the perceived sender of a message it believes is infected may well cause more harm than good. Someone who did not actually send you a virus may receive the notification and scramble their support staff to find an infection which never existed in the first place. Suggest such notifications be disabled by whomever is responsible for your AV, or at least that the idea is considered. -----
- Previous message: Russ: "Alert: Microsoft Security Bulletin - MS03-040"
- In reply to: Thor Larholm: "Half-Life 2 source code stolen through IE exploit"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
