| |
Lord Crucifier
Registered: Feb 2004
Posts: 49 |
In the Dutch news: Fairlight busted
The following is part of a story about the police busting Dutch dorms on the hunt for illegal software:
"Op internet gaan geruchten dat de computerkrakersbende Fairlight is opgerold. De leden houden zich sinds 1986 bezig met het inbreken in computers, later hebben ze zich toegelegd op de verspreiding van illegale software, zoals computerspelletjes.
Op de universiteit van Twente zouden arrestaties zijn verricht. Op internetadressen die zijn gelieerd aan de universiteit circuleren foto's van de inbeslagname van systeemkasten bij een studentencomplex op de campus.
Een Duits hobbymagazine schrijft dat Fairlight spoedige publicatie van het nieuwe schietspel Hitman 3 heeft aangekondigd. Het actiespel voor zowel de PC, XboX als Playstation verschijnt officieel op 30 april en kost in de winkel 60 euro. "Als de berichten kloppen is de illegale verspreiding van computerspellen een zware slag toegebracht", aldus de redactie van Game Vision."
Basically it says an old hacker group called Fairlight has been caught for cracking and spreading illegal software. It mentions they started hacking in 1986 and went on to cracking software later on.
I'm not very known with todays PC/console w4r3z-scene, but this is not OUR Fairlight, now is it?? |
|
| |
Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Well, Fairlight C64 and Fairlight PC are two seperative things. Failight PC has also been busted some time ago (last year if I rememeber correctly) so no worries, Fairlight will still produce C64 stuff :D |
| |
Puterman
Account closed
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 188 |
Thanks Nafcom, I was a bit worried there for a while. |
| |
Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Quote: Well, Fairlight C64 and Fairlight PC are two seperative things. Failight PC has also been busted some time ago (last year if I rememeber correctly) so no worries, Fairlight will still produce C64 stuff :D
It was even on the Dutch 8 o' clock news.
From the report: "Fairlight is active since the 80's"
So they mixed 'our' FLT with that other one up.
If you're interested in watching the report:
Windows Media Player : http://portal.omroep.nl/mplayer?nav=iynvGsHEdGeZtHfQuC&mpstream..
RealPlayer : http://portal.omroep.nl/mplayer?nav=iynvGsHEdGeZtHfQuC&mpstream..
And slide to approx 12 minutes.
!Beware! Dutch language! ;-)
R. |
| |
drake
Account closed
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 207 |
funny anyway....
|
| |
Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
@drake: They simply can't stand out of troubles.
@Puterman: You are welcome
@SCouT: They have been gown up (PC section) from their C64 roots as far as I know, so it's neither 100% wrong nor 100% correct from the Dutch News Flash |
| |
Count Zero
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1927 |
Strider e.g. is founder of the PC and Console section and was a founder of the C64 section aswell --- this connects the groups and their history. I am not too sure about other members, but FLT indeed has a long lasting and release rich history. :)
l8r
Count Zero/CyberpunX/SCS*TRC |
| |
Slator
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: |
and I don`'t think that such stuff belongs to a c64 board.
It would sound very strange if the FBI arrests a bunch of C64 demo-guys nowadays.
And FLT is FLT, there is just "one", they just have separate "sublabels"
|
| |
Dishy
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 241 |
Quote: and I don`'t think that such stuff belongs to a c64 board.
It would sound very strange if the FBI arrests a bunch of C64 demo-guys nowadays.
And FLT is FLT, there is just "one", they just have separate "sublabels"
Yep, Slator and Count Zero, that´s so true.. hehe or even more stange if the FBI starts hunting all old ex. Fairlightérs ;-) I supplied them with some hot originals during the years. Guess I should go hide all my old FLT cracks/stuff then *LOL*
Dishy - keep the c64 alive - Dishy |
| |
Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Here some German IT News bits:
http://www.chip.de/news/c_news_11821995.html
house searches have been in 27 US states and the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Ungarn and Singapore and there has been more groups (warez) affected than only "Fairlight". |
| |
TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Quote: Yep, Slator and Count Zero, that´s so true.. hehe or even more stange if the FBI starts hunting all old ex. Fairlightérs ;-) I supplied them with some hot originals during the years. Guess I should go hide all my old FLT cracks/stuff then *LOL*
Dishy - keep the c64 alive - Dishy
I for one am very happy that I didn't join Fairlight when Duke asked me a few years ago: it could have resulted in me being busted as well, and how the hell am I going to explain all those comics scans on my harddisk? :) |
... 59 posts hidden. Click here to view all posts....
|
| Previous - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 - Next |
