FBI joins hunt for Half-Life code
Friday, 23 January 2004 13:34 EST
The FBI has joined efforts to track down those who took part of the computer code of one of the year's most highly anticipated games, Half-Life 2. Federal agents mounted a dawn raid on a San Franciscan computer programmer last week, seizing hardware and software. The programmer, Chris Toshok, detailed the events on his web log, denying any illegal activity himself. The FBI declined to confirm or deny the raid, but US law enforcement sources indicated the search did take place.
The FBI action is the first sign of a serious criminal investigation following the appearance of part of the Half-Life 2 source code on the internet last year.
Doug Lombardi, a spokesperson for the developers Valve, told BBC News Online, "the Half-Life 2 Source code theft investigation is ongoing."
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