EA games had there website network hacked and down. Days before that Bioware was hacked and it was also down for some time. The 1st hacking was done to Epic games the makers of unreal bulletstorm and gears of war. all sites where hacked by the same group as a protest. check out Video Game Pride for best gamer news.

In a statement this morning, the PCeU wrote that the arrest "follows an investigation into network intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of international business and intelligence agencies by what is believed to be the same hacking group." According to our own wire service, a Scotland Yard spokesman said yesterday that the arrest was connected to the DDoS attacks on SOCA, and that the attacks had ceased after the arrest.
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    lord of vice city Jun 25, 11
    oh man, this has been all over the newspapers in the uk.
    strange, i live just outside of wickford, i have friends who know the guy, a proper recluse
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    websod Jun 25, 11
    if anyone knows who they are besides them then they will be busted you can not talk about it which they seam to be doing right lord.
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    Province Jun 26, 11
    Hackers may be able to bring nine rings of virtual hell down on corporate infastractures but, judging by some of the supposed mugshots of Cleary and his cohorts, I revel in the comfort knowing that these nerds will likely never reproduce. Their breed of hacker looks like a genetic dead end to me.

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