Hackers Steal Revenge of the Sith, Demand Ransom

jmke · 26th August 2004, 09:22

Marin County, CA - LucasFilms founder George Lucas was described as "panicked" when he learned hackers took the digital masters for the final installment of his Star Wars prequel.

"Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith" scheduled for release next summer has been postponed indefinitely.

The digital masters for the movie have not simply been copied. The culprits used a Linux "mv" command to move the data to their computers from the LucasFilms network. LucasFilms representative Diane Fortnight clarified "this is kidnapping, not piracy. The 'mv' command can physically transfer binary data between hard disks."

http://bbspot.com/News/2004/08/sith_stolen.html

26th August 2004, 15:30

pwned

DUR0N · 26th August 2004, 19:38

Are they kidding or is this real?

jmke · 26th August 2004, 20:33

please read the whole website then edit your post

Quote:

Originally posted by DUR0N
Are they kidding or is this real?

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DUR0N · 27th August 2004, 18:14

I knew there was somthing 'different' with that BBspot site, but I forgot what it was

26th August 2004, 09:22	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Hackers Steal Revenge of the Sith, Demand Ransom Marin County, CA - LucasFilms founder George Lucas was described as "panicked" when he learned hackers took the digital masters for the final installment of his Star Wars prequel. "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith" scheduled for release next summer has been postponed indefinitely. The digital masters for the movie have not simply been copied. The culprits used a Linux "mv" command to move the data to their computers from the LucasFilms network. LucasFilms representative Diane Fortnight clarified "this is kidnapping, not piracy. The 'mv' command can physically transfer binary data between hard disks." http://bbspot.com/News/2004/08/sith_stolen.html __________________

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