Steam hacker caught in 'high tech' raid

by Randy Nelson on Jul 1st 2008 5:00AM

Back in April, a website used by Valve to manage its Steam-related Cyber Cafe business was hacked. As we reported then, the hacker, known as "MaddoxX," claimed to have gained access to a variety of sensitive data, including credit card numbers. Well, the jig is finally up.

A special Dutch police unit, "Team High Tech Crime" (certainly somehow related to G.I. Joe), nabbed the culprit in the town of Maastricht on June 24. Dutch authorities report that he hacked an Activision server prior to the Valve job, obtaining a pre-release version of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. He is also charged with stealing nearly 50,000 credit card numbers from a UK-based ticket sales service, using some of them to buy electronics and play online poker.

In lieu of a prison sentence, we suggest that "MaddoxX" be assigned to a work release program at Aperture Science.

[Via ITExaminer]

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Tags: credit cards, CreditCards, hack, PC, steam, valve

Reader Comments (21)

If the police or "Team High Tech Crime" Like raided people (in game) so it was just like that picture, That would be fucking awesome.

Like srsly

I imagine it being more like Minority Report.

With jet packs!

I remember reading this in a newspaper. (I'm Dutch)

"50,000 credit card numbers from a UK-based ticket sales service, using some of them to buy electronics and play online poker."

I RAGE'd

What a mingebag.

A limbo? hehe

a king of limbo

50,000 numbers eh?
Thats one hell of a lot of ass-raping he's in for.

"As part of the required correctional protocol, I am to tell you that Aperture Science Soap-Like Cleansing Bar On Aperture Science Rope-Based Fibrous Loop, while not mandatory, may be beneficial to your eventual enjoyment of the cake that will be served after your sentence is up."

This guy was a GENIUS.

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showpost.php?p=5290364&postcount=98

lol, so much for a guy that hacked so many servers...

GI-Joe for the win.

My steam account was hacked too. I am glad he got caught.

That guy will probably get a job at Valve now. Get the guy who hacked your website to build a security system he can't hack.

You mean "Set a deep hole with spring-loaded sides, tripwires, whirling knife blades driven by water power, broken glass and scorpions, to catch a thief."?

Truth in the old sayings there is.