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Valve hacker caught by police after spending 13 mil Euros of stolen money

11:55 AM on 06.30.2008, Dale North 27 comments

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Remember when hackers hacked into Valve? The hacker, MaddoxX, said he was just hacking to teach Valve a thing or two, and many of you said that nothing would come of it. Well, something came of it.

He made his way into a file server, uncovering credit card numbers and account information for users. He claimed that "We also don't want money from VALVe, we want a simple message on their site." Right. Now that the 20-year-old has been caught by Dutch authorities, we know that he blew through 13 million Euros buying computers, televisions, music players, and playing online poker. On top of all of this, CVG says that he was also busted for hacking into an Activision server and stealing a copy of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.

Wait. If you had 13 million Euros, why would you need to hack and steal Quake Wars?

What would you buy with 13 million Euros ($20 million)? Not Quake Wars!


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bruceleethree's Avatar
bruceleethree at 06/30/2008 11:58
dutch people epicly fail @ life.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 06/30/2008 11:59
P.Pew: basically
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Video Cognito at 06/30/2008 12:06
I'd obviously fund a Jawbreaker reunion tour.
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DaedHead8 at 06/30/2008 12:10
I'd buy stock in valve.
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galagabug at 06/30/2008 12:14
i like the way video_cognito thinks.
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Farscape at 06/30/2008 12:16
bruceleethree
06/30/2008 11:58
dutch people epicly fail @ life.

How do you figure that?

(Yes, I have dutch roots.)
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Mxyzptlk at 06/30/2008 12:26
I really hope it was pirating Quake Wars that ultimately led to his capture.
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king3vbo at 06/30/2008 12:26
lol, what an idiot.
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The-Excel at 06/30/2008 12:31
I would blow all that money on the lottery playing every possible number in one night. It's sure to double my winnings.
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adultswim810 at 06/30/2008 13:04
learn to quit while you're ahead... seriously, fail.
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mix at 06/30/2008 13:17
You think you would be a little more key when stealing 20 million, sucks to be him.
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PaulMorel at 06/30/2008 13:41
"Wait. If you had 13 million Euros, why would you need to hack and steal Quake Wars?"

Obviously, the act of stealing/hacking means more to him than the products he is stealing.

It's like when Winona Ryder was caught stealing from Macy's after making like a bajillion dollars on a movie.
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Milkman519 at 06/30/2008 14:18
JUSTICE!
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Fronz at 06/30/2008 15:16
Next time hack Blizzard and steal something we care about.
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Sharpless at 06/30/2008 15:19
There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
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catsithx at 06/30/2008 15:27
Yeah thsi person has epic fail written all over him gad At least do something use full with that money. People seem to get dumber evryday .
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Kiranio at 06/30/2008 15:53
Great job "trying to send a message" by fucking stealing from people.
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Velt at 06/30/2008 16:22
Yeah, he didnt knew when to stop. Intelligent hackers dont get caught, they steal money from big banks every day and the banks just got to suck it up.
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Corncobtacular at 06/30/2008 16:27
Fronz is on to something
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TrailerParkJesus at 06/30/2008 17:17
lolpic
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AliasWyvernspur at 06/30/2008 17:57
What would you buy with 13 million Euros ($20 million)?

Pay Faith No More to get back together, then fight after the tour.

Anywho, what a douche. This is bigger than epic, this is legendary fail
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Cricketman at 06/30/2008 20:12
what a fucking idiot...why didn't he just buy himself a new identity and a couple of hot puero rican women and flee to the bahamas, so he could live in a mansion and just call it a day before this moron got caught?
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Jetsetlemming at 06/30/2008 21:01
It took them 15 months to catch him, eh. Way to go Dutch police.
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JustLikeBuck at 07/01/2008 02:44
13 mil?? A nice island, with it's own renewable power supply, and a steady subscription of the latest games and entertainment devices :)

How can you mess that up so badly?
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