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4th Member of ‘Xbox Underground’ Group Pleads Guilty to $100 Million Theft

Austin Alcala, a 19-year-old of McCordsville, Indiana, along with two other Americans and a Canadian, has pled guilty to charges of computer hacking conspiracies and criminal copyright infringement. The XU hacking group worked between January 2011 and March 2014. The value of the confidential data stolen by the XU Group is estimated to range between $100 Million and $200 Million. The group also stole pre-release versions of the popular video games including the “FIFA” online soccer series, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” and “Gears of War 3”

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/04/game-hacking-group-arrested_2.html

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