News Half-Life 2 code leaked online

This has been mentioned in the Games forum by AstrumPreliator, but I think it warant's further coverage here, along with some links to the reportage around it:

From the Beeb:

The makers of the eagerly awaited Half-Life 2 have appealed for help to track down who leaked the source code of the game on the internet.
The software is not the full game but contains core information about it.

Valve, the makers of Half-Life 2, said the leak followed a concerted hacking effort on the company's computers over a number of months.

The source code lies at the heart of a game and is kept a closely guarded secret to stop other people copying it.

Full story here

Also:

Wired: Game Biz Mystified by Code Theft
Inquirer: Half Life 2 source leak confirmed

 

As i said before in the other thread, there is no garantee that the guy who posted in the HL2 forum is really Gabe Newell.
Furthermore Valve Software did not make an official declaration so far.
This whole thing could be a fake.

 

www.csnation.net

yeah, the leaked code was real. Now som little ******* are gonna make hack for the game before its even out.

 

This site ,like others, points to the forums. I think until Valve itself doesn't make an official comunication there are still doubts.