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FBI involved in raid over Xbox secret

FBI involved in raid over Xbox secret

Dylan, whose home was raided by police. Picture: Ian Munro/The West Australian

A Perth teenager — who has gained popularity in cyberspace under the name SuperDaE — has had his home raided and possessions seized by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and WA Police as part of an international corporate espionage probe.

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deanobi4073d ago

He apparently preferred the new Xbox to the PS4...

Gimmemorebubblez4073d ago

~Well I bet he justs loves Microsoft even more now~

majiebeast4073d ago (Edited 4073d ago )

Most hilarious part of the Kotaku article.

"He said that one of the cops told him he was a "pretty boy" who would "most likely be someone's bitch in jail."

Cops be trolling.

@Turbotoby
Hipster Jesus that was funny as hell or socially awkward teenage jesus.

TheBrownBandito4072d ago

@majiebeast

You sure do have a pretty mouth boy.... Lol!

JsonHenry4073d ago (Edited 4073d ago )

Must be nice MS to have so much money and clout you can use the FBI to bully and prosecute you over releasing info that is declared "secret" by a corporation. If a small business owner had something that was "secret" and got released on the internet do you think they would raid someone else in another country and jail them over it? NOPE! FFS they are acting like this guy is releasing national security secrets.

B1663r4073d ago

Industrial espionage is actually considered a national security issue...

Ju4073d ago

It is one thing to gain illegal access to information and sell this for a monetary value to the competition or a corporation doesn't verify their cliental and send them information to be leaked publicly - without monetary interest.

Well, he was stupid to offer the dev box on EBay. This probably put some "cause" into the whole affair. But come on, this is ridiculous.

It worries me that mega corporations can get away with such an unfunded reasoning and the institutions which should not be tied into that corporate world. After all I would consider democratic elected governments to be responsible to protect their citizens - not corporate interests. But maybe I am just naive.

MikeMyers4073d ago

You are being naive into thinking breaking past security and releasing private information should be a democratic right.

Ju4073d ago (Edited 4073d ago )

This is a corporation. They can use the legislation like any other entity and bring this in front of a civil court and sue for damages. Also, he did not "steal" that dev box. Somebody from MS must have sent it to him; voluntarily. So, if anything, someone at MS didn't do their homework. Sending the FBI (if that's even true) or escalating this in that form is abuse of power. Seriously. WTH. It is a little terrifying how much power corporations have these days; almost worse than in the early 1900s. Are we all really getting that blind? What he is guilty of, is a breach of NDA (or whatever conditions were bound to receiving a dev kit). But the truth of the matter is, MS sent him the material.

dcbronco4073d ago

I am not a fan of corporations. But, he did sign an NDA. The reason for the NDA is to make sure a company remains competitive in whatever industry. Stealing and selling secrets is a huge side business. I used to handle proprietary corporate information and you wouldn't believe the amount of stuff you had to sign. But the reason is it's information that can ruin a company. Or help the one receiving the information.

If you think it's not a big deal, list all of your personal information on your next post. Social security number, address, phone, everything. See how important inside information is.

nukeitall4073d ago

@Ju:

In some sense, protecting corporate interrests are protecting citizens interrests as well. We *NEED* corporations (or businesses if you prefer) to provide said products to our citizens as well as jobs.

Keep in mind, corporations consists of citizens so yes, institutions should protect corporate interrests.

"Also, he did not "steal" that dev box. Somebody from MS must have sent it to him; voluntarily. So, if anything, someone at MS didn't do their homework."

So if I lent you my house and you listed it for sale, then I didn't do my homework and it isn't stealing nor fraud?

Get out of here!!! Thats a load of BS!

If you want to respect citizen's right, you also need to respect corporations right.

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LOGICWINS4073d ago

U know u can get 2-10 years for those "secrets" right? Corporate spying is no joke. Its the most prevalent white collar crime.

gatormatt804073d ago

I agree with most of your comment except I think that embezzlement is probably the most prevalent white collar crime.

Muffins12234073d ago

Here we go again on the hipster hating Microsoft...i can see why they are mad,they leaked specs like 6 months ago and that gave sony valuable info and they could get a graphical advantage and upgrade the gpu and ram likely because of that.

Ju4073d ago

You mean this is different than MS walking into the IBM office with a suite case full of cash to buy into CELL development? I guess they both try hard reading the competition. Ok, MS found the leak. Awesome. Lets punish him; he must be the source of all evil.

Knight_Crawler4073d ago

Dude have you not played Fall Out 3? Industrial Espionage can start a world wide nuclear fall out.

Dont want the Korea getting MS secrets...they might actually learn how to make a rocket.

BrianC62344073d ago

What's with more disagrees than agrees on your comment? You're right. The FBI had no reason to get involved in this. The police didn't either. It's a legal matter. If Microsoft was fooled into sending the guy a development kit it shows how dumb they are. Don't they check things like that? Can anyone just buy one if they have some money? If so they might want to change that.

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MasterCornholio4073d ago (Edited 4073d ago )

So i guess the rumors are true then if Microsoft made such a huge effort to crack down on someone releasing fake information.

;)

You know SuperDae was the one who released the rumors on the Durango requiring a constant internet connection to function and you couldnt use it without Kinect 2 hooked up to it.

"Perhaps most importantly, this isn't an optional accessory. It's mandatory. Not only does a Kinect ship with every console, but it must be plugged in and calibrated for the console to even function."

http://kotaku.com/5982986/w...

EDIT: The constant internet connection didnt come from SuperDae my bad.

Software_Lover4073d ago

He falsified his info and mailing address and credit card info, allegedly, to obtain the kit. Its credit card fraud. FBI will get involved regardless of MIcrosoft.

Viper74073d ago

Depends where you live.

Many cyber criminals are located in countries simply inaccessible to the FBI or just not worth the potential trouble. E.g China.

Turbotoby4073d ago

He looks a bit like a nerdy hipster Jesus.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil4h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro3h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B1h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21831h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh1h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia1h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins1h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal59m ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z5h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho515h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise5h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19894h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows903h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno3h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA2h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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Fallout 76 needs Ghoulification to make Appalachia more interesting

Players are taking to Reddit to let Bethesda know they want ghoulification added to Fallout 76 in a future update.

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