FBI charges four hackers with stealing from Microsoft, Epic and Zombie Studios

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The FBI has indicted four folks who it claims stole between $100 - $200 million in intellectual property from a handful of video game studios and the US Army.
Allegedly the materials stolen consisted of data related to the Xbox One prior to its release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Gears of War 3 and "proprietary software used to train military helicopter pilots." It was also noted that the defendants hacked into Valve's network.
The indictment consisted of 18 counts of criminal activity including "conspiracies to commit computer fraud, copyright infringement, wire fraud, mail fraud, identity theft and theft of trade secrets." Apparently the hackers are being charged as a conspiracy in some cases and individuals in others.
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