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Harry Potter
Harry Potter
The mystery surrounding the end to fictional British boy
wizard Harry Potter's saga deepened on Wednesday with a computer hacker
posting what he said were key plot details and a publisher warned the
details could be fake.
The hacker, who goes by the name "Gabriel," claims to have taken a
digital copy of author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final book, "Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by breaking into a computer at
London-based Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
For months now, leading up to the book's July 21 release, legions of
"Harry Potter" fans have debated whether Rowling killed Harry or one of
his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in the final book.
Gabriel has posted information at Web site InSecure.org that, if true,
would answer that question.
"We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring," Gabriel said in the posting.
"Harry Potter" publishers have taken great pains to keep the conclusion
a secret and preserve the multibillion-dollar entertainment enterprise
surrounding the boy wizard.
A Bloomsbury spokesman declined comment on the hacker's claims.
Kyle Good, a spokesman for U.S. distributor Scholastic Corp., would not
say whether the posting was accurate, but did warn readers to be
skeptical about anything on the Web that claims to have inside
information on the book's plot.
"There is a whole lot of junk flying around," she said. "Consider this
one more theory."
David Perry, a spokesman for computer security company Trend Micro, said
there was a good chance Gabriel's claim could be a hoax.
"We've had hypes like this on the last couple of Harry Potter books," he
said. "There is a very high level of spurious information in the hacker
world."
But if true, it could be a problem for Bloomsbury. The "Harry Potter"
books have been global best-sellers with fans buying some 320 million
versions worldwide, and anticipation for "Deathly Hallows" is high.
In April, U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble said advance orders for the book
had already topped 500,000 copies, setting a chain record. Scholastic
plans to release a record 12 million copies of "Deathly Hallows" to meet
demand.
A stolen copy of the sixth Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince" surfaced in Britain about a month before its official
release in July 2005. Two people were charged after reportedly trying to
sell a copy to the London tabloid the Sun.
Four "Potter" movies made by Warner Bros. film studio, a division of
Time Warner Inc., have brought in $3.5 billion in global ticket sales,
and a fifth film is due in theaters in early July.
Reuters is reporting today that a hacker "who goes by
the name 'Gabriel,' claims to have taken a digital copy of author J.K.
Rowling's seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by
breaking into a computer at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc." As many Potter
fans are aware, the details of the final book have been carefully
guarded by author J.K. Rowling and her publishers.
With the release of Deathly Hallows less than a month away, anticipation
and excitement continue to grow, with fans eagerly awaiting the
opportunity to finally know what happens to Harry and other lead
characters from the series. Rowling fueled fans' excitement some months
ago when she said that two of the main characters from the series would
die in the final book.
In May, Rowling posted a message on her site stating she could see the
"first distant rumblings of the weirdness that usually precedes a Harry
Potter publication." Rowling asked fans who might somehow learn the
details of her final book not to publish them for others to read. J.K.
stated that her desire is for readers "who have, in many instances,
grown up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure they will share
with him without knowing where they are going."
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. And it's quite likely the
vast majority of Potter fans agree as well.
Why would anyone want the endings of both the book and this monumental
series spoiled when the release of the final books is less than a month
away? After years of anticipation, reading what happens in a series of
posted spoilers on the Internet will almost certainly ruin the final
book for you. And it could potentially ruin the series as well.
This blogger is a "hater" when it comes to spoilers, and I've spoken out
against this horrible habit before. Two posts in particular, Just say NO
to spoilers!, and Help! Star Trek has fallen and can't get up!, make
this clear to readers.
Think about this: if Gabriel truly did hack into a computer and steal
the book, then he or she has committed a serious crime. Definitely,
Gabriel should be thrown in jail and Rowling's publishers should sue for
damages.
The self-alleged criminal, Gabriel, is very pointed in his desire to
damage Rowling and her publishers. Gabriel says unequivocally that "We
make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring."
This person wants to ruin your experience, and they want to damage 10
years of very hard work on the part of J.K. Rowling. Does anyone truly
think J.K. began writing expecting to become a billionaire? She began
writing because she had a story and characters whom she desired to bring
to life.
Now Gabriel is trying to get a tiny bit of fame by damaging 10 years of
hard work. This is a criminal act and, if they truly did steal a copy of
Rowling's final book, Gabriel needs to be treated as the criminal he
truly is.
If a copy was stolen, it is more likely Gabriel worked for the publisher
rather than they were able to hack into their computers. In most cases
where data in one form or another is stolen, leaks occur from the
inside.
But this is a personal theory. Ultimately, we may find that loser
"Gabriel" was just telling a huge lie to get some attention, or to
promote a pet theory.
Regardless, I think fans everywhere need to avoid spoilers of any kind.
The best reaction to people such as Gabriel is pity and contempt. Pity
that they should be so immature and reckless, and contempt for their
thoughtless actions. It is not "cool," or "admirable" in any way to do
what loser Gabriel claims to have done.
What we can know with certainty is this; Gabriel is either a thief, a
liar, or both. Any way you look at it, this person is, without a doubt,
a loser. And if you read spoilers stolen illegally from Rowling, then
you're a loser too.
The mystery surrounding the end to fictional British boy
wizard Harry Potter's saga deepened Wednesday with a computer hacker
posting what he said were key plot details, and a publisher warned the
details could be fake.
The hacker, who goes by the name "Gabriel," claims to have taken a
digital copy of author J. K. Rowling's seventh and final book, "Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by breaking into a computer at
London-based Bloomsbury Publishing.
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For months now, leading up to the book's July 21 release, legions of
"Harry Potter" fans have debated whether Rowling killed Harry or one of
his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in the final book.
Gabriel has posted information at Web site InSecure.org that, if true,
would answer that question.
"We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring," Gabriel said in the posting.
"Harry Potter" publishers have taken great pains to keep the conclusion
a secret and preserve the multibillion-dollar entertainment enterprise
surrounding the boy wizard.
A Bloomsbury spokesman declined comment on the hacker's claims.
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Kyle Good, a spokeswoman for U.S. distributor Scholastic Corp. (Charts),
would not say whether the posting was accurate but did warn readers to
be skeptical about anything on the Web that claims to have inside
information on the book's plot.
"There is a whole lot of junk flying around," she said. "Consider this
one more theory."
David Perry, a spokesman for computer security company Trend Micro, said
there was a good chance Gabriel's claim could be a hoax.
"We've had hypes like this on the last couple of Harry Potter books," he
said. "There is a very high level of spurious information in the hacker
world."
But, if true, it could be a problem for Bloomsbury. The "Harry Potter"
books have been global best sellers with fans buying some 320 million
versions worldwide, and anticipation for "Deathly Hallows" is high.
In April, U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble (Charts, Fortune 500) said
advance orders for the book had already topped 500,000 copies, setting a
chain record. Scholastic plans to release a record 12 million copies of
"Deathly Hallows" to meet demand.
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A stolen copy of the sixth Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince," surfaced in Britain about a month before its
official release in July 2005. Two people were charged after reportedly
trying to sell a copy to the London tabloid The Sun.
Four "Potter" movies made by Warner Bros. film studio, a division of
Time Warner (Charts, Fortune 500), have brought in $3.5 billion in
global ticket sales, and a fifth film is due in theaters in early July.
Hacker Posts Possible Harry Potter Spoiler, Illustrating
Corporate Vulnerabilities
By Ryan Singel EmailJune 21, 2007 | 2:53:54 PMCategories: Hacks and
Cracks
Pottercountdown An anonymous hacker claims to have used computer magic
to peer through the extreme secrecy surrounding the ending of the Harry
Potter saga and posted online unverified details from the soon-to-be
released final book in best-selling series.
The hacker, posting under the handle Gabriel, claims to have gotten a
copy of the seventh and final installment of the blockbuster Harry
Potter series that chronicles the adventures of a child magician by
hacking into Bloomsbury, the series' London-based publisher.
Gabriel said he wanted to spoil the ending to Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows to protect people from its "Neo Paganism" and was able
to get into the publisher's computer network by convincing an Bloomsbury
employee to open an email with malware attached.
"We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring," Gabriel wrote (Alert: Possible Spoiler Link)."It's amazing to
see how much people inside the company have copies and drafts of this
book."
In advance of the novel's July 21 publishing date, fans have been
rabidly debating which characters the series' author J.K. Rowling might
kill off.
The hacker made the claim and posted some plot details Tuesday to a
security mailing list called Full Disclosure, which is re-posted on
insecure.org, a website run by a white hat hacker known as Fyodor.
However, no portions of the novel were posted, casting doubt on the
veracity of the claim.
Kyle Good, a spokeswoman for the book's U.S. publisher Scholastic, said
she could not verify the plot details, saying there is a lot of material
on the internet claiming to be from the book.
"Anyone can post anything on the internet and you can't always believe
what you read," Good said. "The only way to know for sure is to read the
book on July 21."
However, the claimed method of attack – known as spear phishing – is
completely believable, according to Rick Wesson and Adam Waters, the top
officers at the computer security firm Support Intelligence.
"This is being used against the State Department often," Wesson said.
"This is how you steal any kind of intellectual property."
"We have so lost fundamental trust [in the security of networks] we
can't tell if the story is true or not," Waters added. "Say it was a
corporation's financial numbers for next month -- you could move a
market with that information."
Even if the hack happened and the plot details are proven, the
revelations are unlikely to affect the sales of the book, given the
series' intensely loyal fan base.
But Wesson and Waters say the story illustrates that secrets – including
copies of unreleased movies, policy statements by politicians and
Federal Reserve announcements – are extremely vulnerable to targeted
external attacks from hackers who can find their way into a corporate
network as easily as sending an email to a summer intern.
I see. So it is not safe. Well, it ended in a funny way, or so i read.
Well, it is a Demoic Book anyway.
Me 1:36:46 PM
well,i just hope this hacker would not send the book over the
internet,that'll be horrible.
vahid 1:54:07 PM
People really need to get a life and stop trying to ruin everything for
everybody else just because they feel the need to be selfish. I am a
LOYAL FAN and will still buy and read the BOOK.
Ok 1:56:44 PM
could well be false. Recently a supposed copy of the final Harry Potter
book was making the rounds on the internet, but was only a well-written
piece of fan fiction that some people simply retitled "Deathly Hallows"
in order to confuse people.
I wouldn't be too surprised if something similar happened here and the
hacker just took some piece of fanfiction.
Jele 1:59:54 PM
So it just goes to prove that you can have the most ironclad secure
network in existence - it won't solve the PEBKAC factor.
Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.
Jeremy 2:00:31 PM
I would still read the book if i knew the ending... Rowling is an
amazing writer.
kt 2:00:40 PM
I find it very difficult to believe the publisher would allow copies of
the book - for editing or otherwise - to be stored on anyone's hard
drive. It should have only been available on a need-to-know basis for
the staff directly involved and then on some type of secured portable
device. Although I'll agree with Jeremy regarding the PEBKAC
factor....This Gabriel guy is a jerk.
Cleo 2:19:16 PM
Well, i dunno if there is another ending version, but the one i read a
month ago (it took me an entire day to read it, had to switch off the
mobile phone so no one will bother me) had a different ending that the
one mentioned by this "hacker guy". I am not going to say what ending
did i read, for i want to leave it for the rest of you to find out. The
book which will officially come out might as well have a different
ending that even the one i read, but i can assure you that what this
Gabriel says is not what i read.
Yet Another Reader 2:48:23 PM
So its come to this. Some religious nut throws some random text in a
news forum and states its from the new Harry Potter book and all the
major outlets grab onto it. Sorry - without some real text - this is
completely unverifiable and it shows the sad state of reporting on this
site.
What is scary is religious nuts going after schools and libraries for
having the book on the shelves.
(for the record - i haven't read a single one of her books and don't
have any plans to)
yoshi 2:52:57 PM
If Gabriel really downloaded the story and wanted to ruin if for others,
he would have posted it on the net. I will still buy and read the final
book regardless. Hary Mania Lives!!!
Harry Mania Baby 2:55:55 PM
I have a hard time believing someone that can hardly spell or put full
sentences together managed to conduct an effective attack.
Brent 3:34:32 PM
Seems pretty improbable to me. Admittedly, Rowling's writing has become
a bit forced, but some of the details seem a bit out of place and odd.
Far too fishy to believe.
Skye 4:13:35 PM
Where's the text? That would be about the only "proof" this person would
have, as there is no shortage of rumors in ANY fandom. I scanned this
person's post, and the forum actually warns that this could be a
spoiler. If you don't want an ending to be spoiled, don't read about it.
Finally, has anyone even thought this could just be someone who just
wants to tick fans off? After all, a very sure way to tick people off is
to say that their fandom is under attack by "religious nuts". Or just
flag every single piece of anime on YouTube.
If a person was a "religious nut" who feared the book's "neopaganism",
why on earth would they read it themselves? ("Because everybody knows
that religious nuts have nothing better to do" - I suspect you don't
know very many. I went to a very fundamental Baptist school for many
years, and not a one of them would have TOUCHED anything related to
Harry Potter, let alone read it and post it on the internet for others
to devour).
The mystery surrounding the end to fictional British boy
wizard Harry Potter's saga deepened on Wednesday with a computer hacker
posting what he said were key plot details and a publisher warning that
the details could be fake.
The hacker, who goes by the name "Gabriel," claims to have taken a
digital copy of author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final book, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by breaking into a computer at
London-based Bloomsbury Publishing.
For months now, leading up to the book's July 21 release, legions of
Harry Potter fans have debated whether Rowling killed Harry or one of
his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in the final book.
Gabriel has posted information at Web site Insecure.org that, if true,
would answer that question.
"We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring," Gabriel said in the posting.
Harry Potter publishers have taken great pains to keep the conclusion a
secret and preserve the multibillion-dollar entertainment enterprise
surrounding the boy wizard.
A Bloomsbury spokesman declined comment on the hacker's claims.
Kyle Good, a spokesman for U.S. distributor Scholastic, would not say
whether the posting is accurate, but he did warn readers to be skeptical
about anything on the Web that claims to have inside information on the
book's plot.
"There is a whole lot of junk flying around," she said. "Consider this
one more theory."
David Perry, a spokesman for computer security company Trend Micro, said
there is a good chance that Gabriel's claim could be a hoax.
"We've had hypes like this on the last couple of Harry Potter books," he
said. "There is a very high level of spurious information in the hacker
world."
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But if true, it could be a problem for Bloomsbury. The Harry Potter
books have been global best sellers, with fans buying some 320 million
versions worldwide, and anticipation for Deathly Hallows is high.
In April, U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble said advance orders for the book
had already topped 500,000 copies, setting a chain record. Scholastic
plans to release a record 12 million copies of Deathly Hallows to meet
demand.
A stolen copy of the sixth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince, surfaced in Britain about a month before its official
release in July 2005. Two people were charged after reportedly trying to
sell a copy to London tabloid The Sun.
Four Potter movies made by Warner Bros. Studios, a division of Time
Warner, have brought in $3.5 billion in global ticket sales, and a fifth
film is due in theaters in early July.
Earlier this week, there was a post on the Full
Disclosure mailing list from a user who claimed to have used known
exploits to gain access to the final book in the JK Rowling series,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The user who goes by the name of
Gabriel, posted several details that he claimed came form the publishers
computer, because of open access and exploits use that were located on
Milw0rm.com.
“Dear my brothers,” is how the letter starts; followed by what many
Harry Potter fans call pure rubbish. “Yes, we did it. We did it by
following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict XVI when he
still was Cardinal Josepth Ratzinger. He explained why Harry Potter
bring the youngs of our earth to Neo Paganism faith.”
Most fans point to the wording of the letter, pointing out grammar, and
other sentence errors as proof that the entire thing is a hoax. While
many on the other side of the argument say that is no reason to doubt
the letter because the author might simply fail to understand English
properly.
“The attack strategy was the easiest one. The usual milw0rm downloaded
exploit delivered by
email-click-on-the-link-open-browser-click-on-this-animated-icon-back-connect
to some employee of Bloomsbury Publishing, the company that's behind the
Harry crap. It's amazing to see how much people inside the company have
copies and drafts of this book. Curiosity killed the cat. Who kill
curiosity?” Gabriel ended the letter.
Security surrounding the last two books has been tight. Both the US and
UK publishers are reported to guard the books with nothing short of
armed guard in the case of some of the printing factories. Bloomsbury,
the UK publisher, declined to comment on the reports. Scholastic
spokesperson Kyle Good said to Reuters, “There is a whole lot of junk
flying around,” she said. “Consider this one more theory.” Good would
not make comments as to whether the post on the Full Disclosure list was
legit.
The author of the Harry Potter series herself in the past has warned
that only a small number of people get to read the book before the
publication date. Those people are the editors for Scholastic and
Bloomsbury, herself, and the artists.
Several fans of the Harry Potter series learned about the post online,
and almost as one, called it another hoax. Several reasons were given as
to why, most simply point to the “facts” given in the post and can
easily explain them away. Even the method of how the information was
obtained is suspect according to one fan.
“I believe it is completely false personally. I do not see why, with
such a desire to keep the plots secret, that they would store a copy of
the book onto an internet ready computer. It would be possible if it was
on an internet-running computer, but not very plausible with the
security involved. I doubt the publishers would take that foolish of a
risk,” said Cory known to some as NotTheHBP on the Mugglenet chat
channel.
Another user pointed out that the statements lacked no real content.
“They just make irrelevant statements. Real spoilers would contain more
information [than what was listed in the letter]. If they wanted to give
proof, they should have posted excerpts and the chapter titles,” said
Keely another Mugglenet member and Harry Potter fan. Cory mirrored those
thoughts, “What he said is not very substantial, and as they didn’t
provide quotes or passages, it being a hoax just becomes [clearer] in my
mind.”
While there is strong doubt about the plot details leaked online, the
question according to some security researchers is exactly what the
publisher’s use in the way of network security. There are several known
exploits online, some of them located on Milw0rm that can allow remote
access to a system. With no information as to how the books are stored
on the publisher’s networks, or if they are stored on secure systems,
there is that slight feeling that there is some truth to the letter Gabriel. The end result considering the false “hacker” reports
surrounding Half Blood Prince, and Order of the Phoenix, is that Gabriel
is another in what is sure to be a long line of attention seekers
wanting to make a name for themselves guessing at potential outcomes.
Advance orders for the final Harry Potter book are peaking at nearly
twelve million copies that are to be shipped in July when the book is
released. Worldwide at the box office, the Harry Potter films have
brought in over three billion dollars in ticket sales. There is a fifth
Potter film due in July as well as the final book.
Can you believe that someone posted the ending of Harry
Potter on the the Web?
“Of course, this is all ALLEGED. It may not be true at all…” Good point,
Colleen.
Bruce Schneier continues: “I don’t believe it, actually. Sure, it’s
possible — probably even easy. But the posting just doesn’t read right
to me.”
Techtarget picks it up from there. “Gabriel’s English isn’t so good, and
he seems to fancy himself a latter-day crusader, keeping our youth safe
from the scourge of mediocre science fiction.”
Gabriel, seeking the title of biggest spoil sport in the history of the
world, explains his motivation:
Yes, we did it.
We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict XVI
when he still was Cardinal Josepth Ratzinger.
He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs of our earth to Neo
Paganism faith.
So we make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring.
He claims to have hacked into the publisher’s network and stolen a copy
of the book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” a feat that is
completely possible, according to a security software manufacturer’s
opportunistic news release today.
The publishers declined to dismiss Gabriel as a hoax, further raising
eyebrows. Potter’s U.S. publisher, Scholastic, told everyone to
“consider this one more theory.”
The Lede shall not link to his posting - God spoils those who spoil
themselves. But many, many blogs and MSNBC did, even though they
included spoiler alerts before dangling links.
Even the site that hosts Gabriel’s message served up a warning as it was
“struggling to keep up” with all the traffic. “You might prefer to
pre-order the book and try to be patient until July 21 instead. But if
you really want the spoilers, here they are!”
Harry Potter Spoiler Spreads
Charles McGrath, writing about the Sopranos finale but still strikingly
relevant to Potter, may offer an explanation for why fans are so drawn
to the spoiler. “We crave endings for the same reason that some
religious sects look forward to the Apocalypse,” he wrote.
Then again, some are cult material, and some ain’t. Just ask Brenden
Loy, a blogger who took measures to keep the rest of his site free of
Harry Potter Spoilers. Staring down the invaders, he ceded one page with
a warning at the top: “It is the ONLY thread where such discussion is
allowed.”
***
Note, Friday, 3:05 PM ET: The headline to Mr. Loy’s post that we
mentioned in the last line of the original post, “That Which Must Not Be
Blogged,” sounded downright Biblical to this non-Potterite. But a reader
has since pointed out that, in fact, it is a twist on what they call the
bad guy in the books: He Who Must Not Be Named. Thanks, Peter!
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1.
6:15 pm
How silly. The fun of the Harry Potter books isn’t how it ends up, it’s
the story that gets you there, like any fun or even good book. I’m sure
few if any people will not read the book due to this stunt. To publish
the ending as some sort of act of religious zeal is really just
pathetic.
— baruch
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2.
6:18 pm
Slytherin.
— Shar
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3.
6:39 pm
I wonder why Gabriel is so bothered by the Neo-Paganism youth? Gabriel
was the archangel messenger of God and it seems he would not want to
bother with those unworthy of his faith, especially consumer crazy
pagans.
— Ace
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4.
6:41 pm
I think I’ll wait for the movie anyway because no doubt the boys will
watch it hundreds of times when the DVD is out - whatever the ending.
— Marc Buhler
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5.
6:48 pm
this is just to get more ppl hooked on the last book to promote sales
— asdf
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6.
6:56 pm
Nice try, home fry.
— Mr. Weasley
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7.
7:04 pm
ppl help me wat is the ending………………… wait no don’t tell me ahhhhhhh ppl
help me!!1
— Karla
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8.
7:04 pm
hey gabriel.the true fans aren’t going to read your spoilers.we will
wait for the book to come out.
— jerri
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9.
7:12 pm
That is so insanly stupid. I mean ruining the hp book for so many people
just becuase its “not religious enough.” Seriously. Dude. Get a life.
And really, what real hp fan would read a spoiler on the internet
instead of waiting for the book to come out??? Not me! I totally agree
with baruch. Pathetic is totally the right word.
— elle belle
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10.
7:16 pm
Some years ago Charlie Brown was eagerly awaiting the television premier
of “Citizen Kane” when Lucy says to him, “Rosebud is the name of his
sled.” Knowing that wouldn’t ruin that movie, and knowing the end of the
last Harry Potter book won’t ruin it either. Hermoine will simply have
to come up with a spell to make the blog disappear.
— Joel L. Friedlander
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11.
7:16 pm
If the Harry Potter series had included a village idiot, his IQ would
have dwarfed Gabriel, lover of popes and godliness. The question is,
what would Jesus have done? Would HE have posted a spoiler? Presumably,
he’d have better things to do, like walking on water…behavior you might
expect from a wizard or a witch. [Insert Evil Laughter]
— Brian McDonough
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12.
7:18 pm
If this spoiler was not in the Times and MSNBC how many children would
know about it? I don’t understand why it’s so important for you to try
and spoil the ending for millions of children. Your career? Bragging
rights? I know you didn’t print the links but how much of a hindrence is
that to a modern googling 11 year old. Well I guess they should just
have the wisdom and maturity to resist - afterall it’s your career we’re
talking about.
— Shooliganza
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13.
7:22 pm
PS. the Guardian pulled a similar slime act for the last book. Front
page headline “Who Kills Dumbledore” then in the first sentence denied
they even knew if he died (he does). They wrote their article in the
same insoucient tone and denied they ruined anything for anybody. Just
delete the story so you don’t ruin it for these kids who really want to
be surprised.
— Shooliganza
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14.
7:25 pm
Gabriel, If you were remotely educated and remotely spiritual. You would
understand that the Harry Potter books preach one thing. Love which is
the basis of what Jesus taught us. JK Rawlings simply chose to use a
medium which fascinates children and adults. If you were truly a leaned
Christian and not a blind follower like our beloved Pope Benedict (I’m a
devote Catholic, who happens to think that Ratzinger is the worst thing
to happen to the Catholic church since Pope Pius V aka Hitlers Pope and
Benedicts idol)You would be less afraid of new ideas and approaches. I
suppose you think all Muslims, Protestants and Jews are evil too? Loser!
You are actually sad and pathetic. By the way hacking is illegal. How
does that work with your beloved Catholic Ideology. Remember thou shalt
not steal.
— Anti Gabriel
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15.
7:25 pm
I read it and it sounds like a clever way to drive traffic to the
website inn hopes of promoting awareness of the over zealous religious
cause the “hacker” supports and links to.
— Rachel John
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16.
7:26 pm
the butler did it. there i spoiled it.
— hern
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17.
7:27 pm
avada kedavra! to you hacker.
— dobbydoesdallas
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18.
7:27 pm
Just another example of how religious zealots can try and spoil our
world and fail. Now I really can’t wait for the real book to come out!
It’s funny he tried to liken Potter fans to neo-pagans by using a former
Hitler Youth Pope to justify it! I’d rather be a new Pagan than a former
Nazi.
— Tripp Stewart
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19.
7:32 pm
sounds like a pathetic christian with a very small wand.
— bryan
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20.
7:33 pm
I wsa disappointed by this article, which I think is unduly credulous;
see why I think so at Why to Doubt the Deathly Hallows Hacker Rumor
— Fred Zimmerman
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21.
7:39 pm
I’ve read all of the first six books. The formula was starting to get
stale by the sixth book but it was still entertaining. Personally, I
will not look up the spoilers of the ending. Why would I want to ruin
the book for myslef?
— Andrew
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22.
7:42 pm
Lets assume for a moment that someone had posted the last page, or five
pages, or the last chapter of Book 6. What good would that have done
without the book leading up to it? Nobody would even have understood it.
This supposed “spoiler” is zealot stupidity by religious fanatics,
helped along by media hype and pseudo fans. The real fan might
speculate, but other than that he’ll gladly wait until 12:01 AM on 7/21
in order to get transformed by J.K. Rowling’s magic one more time. One
month from today, and we’ll know…
— Michael
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23.
7:42 pm
I don’t want to read a spoiler at all, but I’m worried that I might
stumble across something or hear something. I need to shut myself away
in a closet for a month!
— Subwayslasher
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24.
7:47 pm
Religious people are always doing stupid things to hurt others to prove
to themselves that they’re better.
— Chris
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25.
7:48 pm
The full text of the deathly hollow book has been available on various
torrent sites for some time now, and is 650+ pages. If it’s a hoax it’s
a damn good one…
— bitTorrentFOrever
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26.
7:50 pm
Its the story and the struggle that count, not all plot twists. I wonder
if this becomes the new “the chick in the Crying Game is really a dude”
- its not like The 6th Sense where you don’t know Bruce Willis is dead
too, or the less than epiec ‘300′ where all but one die.
— michael
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27.
7:51 pm
I completely agree with Baruch. Everybody knows how the New Testament
ends, yet it’s still wildly popular.
— Matthew
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28.
7:54 pm
this sounds pretty ludicris 2 me haha. i mean come on. the likely hood
of them actually publishing the end of harry potter (still, i’m not
reading just in case lol) and getting away with it? yeah…
publishing the end wouldnt put of anyone. i mean the only people who
would be put off were the people who only intended to read the end
anyway
— Eatenbyworms
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29.
7:55 pm
This wacko probably couldn’t find his butt with a bell on it, let alone
hack a computer.
— Declan
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30.
7:59 pm
With the midnight rollout for dedicated fans, the ending will probably
be all over the internet by the morning of July 21st anyway. I read the
books for the entire story, not just the ending, so it’s pretty hard to
spoil them for me.
— windrider
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31.
8:00 pm
I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE MADNESS
YOUNG PEOPLE ACT OVER SUCH FANTASY
RUDE,CRUDE,AND STUPID.WHEN THERE ARE
SO MANY WONDFERS OF THE UNIVERSE AROUND
THEM TO EXPLORE THEY DO NOT NEED A FANTASY TO ENJOY.THE DROP OF WATER IN
THE POND OUTSIDE
WOULD HOLD ENOUGH MYSTERY TO DO A LIFETIME!
SPOILER HAS ONLY SHOWN THE SPOILED BRATS
THAT WILL PERSIST IN THIS WHAT IS REAL AND IT IS NOT HARRY POTTER.
— henry phillips
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32.
8:03 pm
It doesn’t matter how it ends. It wouldn’t matter what the “spoiler”
says, it isn’t spoiling much. Everyone with a decent imagination could
figure out who was going to die at the end of Book 6. It was getting
there that made it fun.
— Abe
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33.
8:10 pm
Here’s an idea–just don’t read it…
— Porkchop
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34.
8:18 pm
So, in order to honor Pope Benedict, Gabriel committed the sin of
_stealing_?
— Judy
*
35.
8:21 pm
I can hardly wait for July 21 so I can read clear through to the last
page of the last chapter of the final installment for myself, by myself,
at my own pace, without any outside hints or clues. I am the librarian
at a small elementary school about 35 miles from Salt Lake City, UT. I
disagree with baruch’s comment regarding the fun of the story vs. how it
ends up, at least from a child’s perspective. That delicious moment of
discovery when all the pieces fall into place is a big part of the
satisfaction and sense of accomplishment one gains from reading such a
huge volume cover to cover. Younger readers, especially, do care about
when and in what manner they find out what happens in a book, and they
go to great lengths to avoid being filled in on the action along the
way, too. I appreciate the “spoiler” alerts because for me, just like
most of the Harry Potter fans with whom I associate, a great deal of the
fun lies in managing not to find out how the story ends, either before
or while I am still reading any book in a series!
– MeZ Reader
— Marney Zambrano
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36.
8:21 pm
Mr. Nizza,
Are you even remotely familiar with the Harry Potter books? There is
nothing biblical about the title of the spoiler thread on Brenden Loy’s
site - “That Which Must Not Be Blogged.” As anyone who has read even a
little bit of the Harry Potter books would know, Mr. Loy’s title is a
word play off the term that many characters use to refer to the evil
Voldemort - “He Who Must Not Be Named.”
— Peter
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37.
8:24 pm
Gabriel, the “arch-loser.”
— John Chartier
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38.
8:32 pm
Gabriel is obviously an Idiot, he probably reads like he writes… thus
skipping the book and just reading the endings. LOSER!
— book reader
*
39.
8:39 pm
If people think there are spoilers for books then maybe they should be
reading more in general; trust me on this one there are a lot of books
out there and people talk about them all the time… it’s a good thing I’d
like to believe.
— Tim
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40.
8:47 pm
I used to read the last page of every book first. Great tactic for
focusing on the writing, as it turned out. If it’s good, it’s good, and
the artificial suspense of a withheld ending doesn’t make a difference.
— heather
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41.
8:52 pm
Hufflepuff Rocks My Socks!!!!!!!
— Harry
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42.
8:59 pm
Who’s Harry Potter?
— eddiechiaka
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43.
9:21 pm
We in the UK are always having American shows spoiled by Americn
websites and news media as we see series’s later than you do.
Sapranos a case in point. What is harry potte anyway?
— paddy
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44.
9:23 pm
It really is humorous that a religious fanatic would post an alleged
ending with the expectation that it might decrease interest in reading
the book. It shows, once again, the a deep misunderstanding of the
fundamental Christianity built into every book of the Harry Potter
series so far. Humorous … and very, very sad. I’m sure I’ll still enjoy
the read.
— Davis Foulger
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45.
9:24 pm
Who cares?!!? Harry Potter is for kids! So what if the spoiler was
published? Do you even know there is a “war” going on? I think that is
more important than this!
— Timothy Verheyn
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46.
9:32 pm
Am I the only person who is just happy to know that it actually ends.
— Jibber
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47.
9:36 pm
Well the books do tend to run a tad long. I have not been able to finish
one before my wife and kids. My daughter plowed through the last book
the first weekend it was out. Now I’ll be in the know long before they
even get started. I’m a bad Daddy!
— Larry-NYC
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48.
9:46 pm
If this “Gabriel” did it just to be a righteous a**hole, then whatever.
But because he did it for religious reasons, it makes him and the rest
of his anti-Harry Potter, religious, illiterate cohorts laughable,
pathetic, and just plain stupid. Whether people read the spoiler or not
is irrelevant–the book has already pre-sold millions and will sell
millions more. What do you think of that, Pope Benedict and your little
minions? The laugh is on you.
— Myriam
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49.
10:35 pm
How does harry potter die in number seven?
is lord voldemort the half-blood prince in number
6?
— Albert Modoh
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50.
June 22nd,
2007
1:27 am
They can’t be real because the books are from Harry’s POV. The way the
‘hacker’ described it, Harry’s not even there, he did not see it,
therefore it can’t be in the book. Unless JKR changed the POV for the
last book, which I highly doubt.
— Heather
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51.
June 22nd,
2007
1:47 am
I really - really - doubt this guy succeded in downloading a copy of HP
& the Deathly Hallows.
If he had, he would have posted the whole thing, and not just some junk
spoiler. Seriously, you break into Bloomberg’s computer systems,
download the text, and then all you post is a *spoiler*?
Lame.
— JGabriel
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52.
June 22nd,
2007
2:10 am
bitTorrentFOrever: “The full text of the deathly hollow book has been
available on various torrent sites for some time now, and is 650+ pages.
If it’s a hoax it’s a damn good one…”
Yes, they are hoaxes. Someone goes out to one of the fanfiction sites,
downloads or otherwise copies one of the better fanfics, then packages
it and places it as a torrent at various sites. I’ve seen this done with
three different texts, so far.
But, hey, if you enjoyed what you read, why complain?
If you’d like to read more HP fanfic, try The Paradigm of Uncertainty by
Lori or the Draco trilogy by Cassandra Claire, both of which are very
popular. Google them if you’re interested.
(And just to preempt the usual arguments about fanfic: Rowling permits
and approves of people using her characters for fanfic, as long as
they’re honest about their intent and not trying to make money off of
it.)
— JGabriel
*
53.
June 22nd,
2007
2:16 am
Judy: “So, in order to honor Pope Benedict, Gabriel committed the sin of
_stealing_? ”
People, get over it. The guy (who is not me, btw, despite our similiar
names) is clearly just trying to provoke. And, my goodness, behold his
success.
He’s clearly not religious; he just threw that in there to tweak the
fundies. He’s either a garden variety hacker, or, more likely, some
obnoxious teenage (possibly early twenties) *trying to tick people off*.
— JGabriel
*
54.
June 22nd,
2007
10:58 am
It’s very sad to me that some adults feel that kids shouldn’t be
reading. In a world of opportunities, obviously some opportunities will
be negative. So many other negative options exist, especially for youth,
and the worldwide interest JK Rowling has sparked in children is
incredible.
Another blogger posted:
“I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE MADNESS YOUNG PEOPLE ACT OVER SUCH FANTASY
RUDE,CRUDE,AND STUPID.WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY WONDFERS OF THE UNIVERSE
AROUND THEM TO EXPLORE THEY DO NOT NEED A FANTASY TO ENJOY.THE DROP OF
WATER IN THE POND OUTSIDE WOULD HOLD ENOUGH MYSTERY TO DO A LIFETIME!
SPOILER HAS ONLY SHOWN THE SPOILED BRATS THAT WILL PERSIST IN THIS WHAT
IS REAL AND IT IS NOT HARRY POTTER.”
This person honestly suggests that literature isn’t a positive addition
to the world? Bronte, Kafka, Rand, Knowles, Shakespeare, Cummings, and
hundreds of other talented authors have no lessons or knowledge to share
with us? For example, perhaps, the proper way to consruct a sentance?
Spell a word? Perhaps some of the aforementioned authors have lessons
similar to JK Rowling’s. The lessons: love, the sadness of inhumanity,
and the battle against evil, which is, by the way, a main plot in many,
many other acclaimed books. The plot of the battle against evil doesn’t
make a book evil, but rather realistic. Perhaps the plot and characters
of Harry Potter are fictional, but the lessons are real: evil exists in
the world, and people need to learn to cope with it. Books, Harry Potter
included, contain an endless amount of lessons for adults and children
in a world of corruption. Without literature, a person’s life would be
drained of knowledge, passion, and beauty. Harry Potter, aside from
being an interesting and compelling book, opens up the world of
literature for children who were not previously interested. Please keep
in mind the corruption available to children through drugs and alcohol,
as demonstrated by celebrities, and the positive effect literature has
on the lives of many.
In the words of Barbara W. Tuchman, “Books are the carriers of
civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science
crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of
change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.”
An attacker named "Gabriel" claims to have stolen the
text of the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" from
Bloomsbury Publishing by use of a phishing scam.
He has published what he claims are all of the plot points—including
main characters who get killed and the final outcome of the seven-book
series.
Gabriel says he used "the usual milw0rm downloaded exploit." The exploit
entailed delivering to a Bloomsbury employee an e-mail with an
invitation to click on a link, open a browser and click on a maliciously
crafted animated icon that allowed the attacker access to the victim's
system.
"It's amazing to see how much [sic] people inside the company have
copies and drafts of this book," Gabriel wrote in a posting on
Insecure.org. "Curiosity killed the cat." (Ed. note: Spoiler alert: Do
not click on the link to read Gabriel's posting if you don't want to
have the plot spoiled.)
milw0rm is a group of politically motivated "hacktivists" whose most
famous exploit was penetrating the computers of the Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC) in Bombay, the primary nuclear research facility
of India, on June 3, 1998. They have anti-nuclear and pro-peace agendas
and, in this case, anti-Harry Potter and pro-Pope Benedict XVI.
eWEEK.com Special Report: Browser Security
"We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict
XVI when he still was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger," Gabriel said. "He
explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs [sic] of our earth to Neo
Paganism faith. So we make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming
book useless and boring."
Gabriel said he did it "to protect you and your families."
One blog called it "Harry Potter and the Hokey Hacker."
Potterdom found itself in a frenzy yesterday when a gramatically
challenged Internet poster calling himself Gabriel claimed to have
pirated an electronic copy of J.K. Rowling's hotly anticipated seventh
and final novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Gabriel posted the supposed plot spoilers on the Full Disclosure email
list at InSecure.org. Among his revelations: That one of among the
novel's triumvirate of beloved Hogwarts school chums dies at evil wizard
Voldemort's hand. A popular secondary character also does not live to
see the new day dawn at a liberated Hogwarts at book's end.
The hacker said his motivation was to make reading the book "useless and
boring." He added that he was inspired by Pope Benedict XVI, who
objected to the Potter novels while still a cardinal, saying they could
potentially corrupt the Christian faith in young people.
The book's London-based publisher, Bloomsbury, declined to comment on
whether its computer network had been hacked. The book's American
publisher, Scholastic, would not comment on the posting's accuracy, but
warned that it could be a hoax.
The overall reaction on the many Harry Potter fan sites? "Codswallop,"
as Hagrid might harrumph.
Hacker Claims to Have Posted 'Harry Potter' Plot on
Internet
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Fox News
Claiming to be motivated by "religion," a computer hacker posted in
broken English what he claimed to be the plot of J.K. Rowling's last
installment in the popular Harry Potter series, a London paper
reported.
"Gabriel" wrote on a well-known hackers site early Tuesday morning
that two characters die in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the
seventh book in the Potter series, which will be published July 21.
Click here to read the Telegraph's report.
The hacker claimed he found the ending on the computer of an employee
of Bloomsbury, the publisher of Rowling's series, by sending an e-mail
containing a virus to Bloomsbury employees, according to the report.
"The attack strategy was the easiest one," he wrote. "It's amazing to
see how much people inside the company have copies and drafts of this
book."
He then wrote, ""We did it by following the precious words of the
great Pope Benedict XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth [sic]
Ratzinger.
"He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs [sic] of our earth to
Neo Paganism faith."
Bloomsbury is known for its tight security measures to prevent leaks,
but would not comment on the alleged hacking.
Has Harry Been Hacked?
It was bound to happen, and I suppose the only thing I'm wondering is
that it took this long for some would-be hacker to try to get into
Bloomsbury's computer systems and retrieve the manuscript of HARRY
POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - if you believe, of course, that such a
thing took place and the hacker wasn't trying to draw attention to
himself and make shit up. I'm leaning towards that direction solely
because I first heard of the story via press release and then when I
followed the link to the posting in question (because I'm a spoiler
kinda girl, what can I say) my skepticism increased after reading the
hacker's alleged explanation: "we did it by following the precious words
of the great Pope Benedict XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth [sic]
Ratzinger. He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs [sic]of our
earth to Neo Paganism faith." Perhaps more accurate, if there's any
accuracy to be had, is the follow-up reason: "we make this spoiler to
make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring."
But now that Reuters has gone and picked up the story, voila!
Legitimacy, or at least the fanning flames of speculation. There's the
obligatory "no comment" from Bloomsbury while Kyle Good, a spokesman for
Scholastic, would not say whether the posting was accurate, but did warn
readers to be sceptical about anything on the Web that claims to have
inside information on the book's plot. "There is a whole lot of junk
flying around," she said. "Consider this one more theory."
A computer hacker claims to have discovered the greatest
literary mystery of the decade - how J K Rowling ends her Harry Potter
epic and which two characters die in the seventh and final book.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter 'hacker' posts plot
on internet
Bloomsbury has released the planned covers of the new Harry Potter book,
but the plot is a closely-guarded secret
The hacker, calling himself "Gabriel", posted a message on a well-known
hackers' site in the early hours of Tuesday, claiming that he had
discovered the ending to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which is
published on July 21, on the computer of an employee of Bloomsbury,
Rowling's publishers.
In less than perfect English, he gives a detailed summary of the alleged
ending and names two central characters who have appeared in the series
since the beginning 10 years ago.
Gabriel boasts that he sent an email carrying a virus to the Bloomsbury
employee and says: "The attack strategy was the easiest one. It's
amazing to see how much people inside the company have copies and drafts
of this book."
In a bizarre justification, the hacker claims to have been motivated by
religion.
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He writes: "We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope
Benedict XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth (sic) Ratzinger.
"He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs (sic) of our earth to
Neo Paganism faith."
Bloomsbury, who are expecting to sell three million copies of the title
within 24 hours of it being published, is known to have taken stringent
security measures to prevent leaks but would not comment on the alleged
hacking today.
A spokeswoman for the publishers said: "There are lots and lots of
rumoured versions of the book (on the internet). We don't confirm or
deny any rumours."
She declined to say whether the company had called in the police over
the claims made by Gabriel or other alleged hackers.
In 2003, a forklift truck driver pleaded guilty to stealing pages from
the fifth Harry Potter title from the printers in Suffolk where it was
being produced and attempting to sell them to a tabloid newspaper.
The claim by Gabriel was found on the hacking website yesterday by PC
Tools, a software security company which says that it routinely scours
known hackers' sites.
A spokesman for the company said that it could not verify the claim.
He said: "Is it true? Only two groups really know the answer to that
question - the hacker and the publisher. Is it possible? Certainly."
The Potter books have sold 325 million copies worldwide, have been
translated into 64 languages and spawned five blockbuster films to date.
A computer hacker claims that he has managed to answer
the two most burning questions surrounding the seventh and final Harry
Potter book - how the book ends, and which two characters die.
The hacker, who goes simply by the name Gabriel, in a message posted on
a well known hackers' site, reveals that he had discovered the ending of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as the identities of the
characters who die on the computer of an employee at author JK Rowling's
publishers Bloomsbury.
Gabriel says that he managed to hack into the employee's computer simply
by sending the person an email infected with a virus.
"The attack strategy was the easiest one. It's amazing to see how much
people inside the company have copies and drafts of this book," the
Telegraph quoted him, as saying.
And, Gabriel also tries to justify the hacking by saying that he's only
following what Pope Benedict XVI said as a Cardinal about the danger the
Harry Potter series posed to religion.
"We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict
XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth (sic) Ratzinger. He explained why
Harry Potter bring the youngs (sic) of our earth to Neo Paganism faith,"
Gabriel states.
Gabriel's post on the hackers' website was found by PC Tools, a software
security company that regularly scours such sites.
A spokeswoman for Bloomsbury refused to confirm or deny the claim.
"There are lots and lots of rumoured versions of the book (on the
internet). We don't confirm or deny any rumours," she said.
She also refused to comment about whether the police had been called in
over the claims.
The seventh and final Harry Potter book is due to go on sale on July 21,
this year, and Bloomsbury are expecting sales of the book to cross the
three million mark.
Hacker With Harry Potter Ending Inspired by Pope
Benedict?
Gives Pope Benedict XVI as his inspiration! If you are interested in a
spoiler check here:
Yes, we did it. We did it by following the precious words of the great
Pope Benedict XVI when he still was Cardinal Josepth Ratzinger.
For a Catholic guide to Harry Potter The Mystery of Harry Potter: A
Catholic Family Guide:
Labels: Harry Potter, Pope Benedict
Posted by Michael on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 21.6.07 | Permalink
4 comments
Just a minute consideration here. Does one who writes a book entitled a
"Catholic" guide to Harry take upon his/her shoulders the responsibility
of seeming to eclipse the public concern/discernment of the present pope
himself and certain other teaching prelates - thus identifying oneself
as perhaps more "Catholic" than the pope?!! But then, these days, he's
only the pope - right?
Posted by Anonymous | Friday, June 22, 2007 10:58:00 AM
As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, there is no bigger fan of
Pope Benedict XVI than me...and when it comes to this Harry Potter stuff
he has never said anything as pope. What he did was respond to a letter
as Cardinal that was written to him and responded with concern, but no
one knows whether that concern was based on having read the Potter books
(which I highly doubt) or just responding to the letter writer's raised
concerns (which seems to be the case). Therefore this matter has hardly
been spoken to in the universal manner in which the pope addresses
issues, but rather we have a personal letter written to an individual
who chose to have it published in the media to further a position that
seems to be more hers than that of the pope.
Posted by Michael | Friday, June 22, 2007 11:04:00 AM
Yes, Michael, I do know of your explanation of how the statements coming
from then Cardinal Ratzinger came to be known to the public. Thank you.
Michael, I was just referring to the boldness of title of mentioned book
as "Catholic guide" when the more authentic title of Catholic advisor
ought to be given only to those in positions within the Church's
teaching levels (I mean the CDF reps ain't chopped liver), including
their own possible advisor in Fr. Amorth, who has advised against anyone
of the Faith taking the chance of endangering the formative faith of
children here, much more to the point, influential laity who may do so.
I didn't mean to imply that something was written in stone as Catholic
teaching beyond the formed teaching in the CCC. I was referring to the
advice and discernment of one/ones whose advice and discernment should
be taken very seriously and included when one boldly uses the term
"Catholic" in one's own public expertise as a critic. There are many
other critics with powerful reasons for people to stay away from this
particular influence and yet would not presume to arrogate the all
knowing use of "Catholic" coming from a mere personal opinion or
assessment. BTW, Amazon partners this book with "Jesus of Nazareth" as
another selection of interest for those buying this book!
Should one wish to wade through other reasons for doubt here are some:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1360555/posts
http://www.xanga.com/contentlatest.asp?user=MomK2b&fid=8&tab=reviews&bflag=
And a bit more of that "Catholic" guidance:
All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult
powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural
power over others ... are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.
(2117; see also 2110-2116 and 2138)
Posted by Anonymous | Friday, June 22, 2007 7:48:00 PM
Yes, I would only say that the "Catholic Family Guide" is just that and
the home schooling mother who wrote the book isn't canonizing Harry
Potter, but rather approaches this topic in a reasonable way and
encourages parents to do the same. What she does so well is to show how
for older children the Potter series isn't so much about magic--making
my problems/ troubles disappear but rather the power of unseen forces of
good and evil--in a mythical fashion like many other children's tales.
The quotes mentioned in the above comment are referenced in the book.
Hacker says he's gotten 'Harry Potter' finale
Newsday
Jun. 22, 2007 04:59 PM
One blog called it Harry Potter and the Hokey Hacker.
Potterdom found itself in a frenzy Friday when a grammatically
challenged Internet poster calling himself Gabriel claimed to have
pirated an electronic copy of J.K. Rowling's hotly anticipated seventh
and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Gabriel posted the supposed plot spoilers on the Full Disclosure e-mail
list at www.InSecure.org. Among his revelations: That one of among the
novel's triumvirate of beloved Hogwarts school chums dies at evil wizard
Voldemort's hand. A popular secondary character also does not live to
see the new day at a liberated Hogwarts at book's end.
The hacker said his motivation was to make reading the book "useless and
boring." He added that he was inspired by Pope Benedict XVI, who
objected to the Potter novels while still a cardinal, saying they could
potentially corrupt the Christian faith in young people.
The book's London-based publisher, Bloomsbury, declined to comment on
whether its computer network had been hacked. The book's American
publisher, Scholastic, would not comment on the posting's accuracy, but
warned that it could be a hoax.
The overall reaction on the many Harry Potter fan sites? "Codswallop,"
as Hagrid might harrumph.
What do you think?
Who cares....
yeaaaa...more crazy catholics on the loose. www.flashtoybox.com
That makes sense... using a religious angle to steal something. f'n
hypocrite
Gotta love those hackers! the biggest nerdy losers in the world.
Full Disclosure: Harry Potter 0day
Spoiler Alert: This post from an anonymous hacker ("Gabriel") purports
to disclose spoilers in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows book. We have no idea if the spoilers are true or not, and
Scholastic refuses to confirm or deny them. Reading this could affect
your enjoyment of the book! So you might prefer to pre-order the book
and try to be patient until the July 21 release instead. But if you
really want the spoilers, read on.
Harry Potter 0day
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* Harry Potter 0day
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Dear my brothers,
Voldemort killed Hermione. Yes, that's true. And we knew that 2 days
ago.
This is the end of the not yet published (someone could call that 0day)
book
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows .
At the end of the story Hagrid was killed by Snape in the attempt of
ambush Hermione and Ron.
Ron and Hermione flees in privet drive but Voldermort, surprising them,
engaged a magical duel with Ron and Hermione.
Voldemort attacked trough the imperius curse and Hermione, to protect
the life of Ron fight hardly for more than 6 pages and then finally die.
(boring, very boring... it's always the same story!)
Then, to make a long story short, Harry came up, killed all the bad guys
and Hogwarts against became a good place to stay and have fun.
Ah, i missed one important information about Draco Malfoy, he started to
create Horcrux (for fun and profit!).
The end.
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Yes, we did it.
We did it by following the precious words of the great Pope Benedict XVI
when he still was Cardinal Josepth Ratzinger.
He explained why Harry Potter bring the youngs of our earth to Neo
Paganism faith.
So we make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and
boring.
The attack strategy was the easiest one.
The usual milw0rm downloaded exploit delivered by
email/click-on-the-link/open-browser/click-on-this-animated-icon/back-connect
to some employee of Bloomsbury Publishing, the company that's behind the
Harry crap.
It's amazing to see how much people inside the company have copies and
drafts of this book.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Who kill curiosity?
To protect you and your families
God bless you
Gabriel
Voldemort
killed Hermione.
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