Hackers charged for swiping military and Xbox data

The Department of Justice has announced that four hackers,
part of what is being referred to as an "international
computer hacking ring" -- have been charged for stealing
data and software related to the Xbox and belonging to the
military. Two of the four hackers have plead guilty to the
charges. The group is said to have stolen proprietary software used by the
military to train Apache helicopter pilots, and to have swiped
trade secret data related to the Xbox One and Xbox Live, as well
as the games Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War 3. The charges
took place back in April, but have only now been unsealed.
Says the Justice Department, the four entered into conspiracy to
infringe on copyrights, commit computer/wire/mail fraud, trade
secret theft, and identity theft, among other things. One of the
hackers in particular, David Pokora of Ontario, is the first foreign
person convicted of US trade secret theft via hacking.
The aforementioned data was acquired by hacking into networks
belonging to the US Army, Microsoft, Epic Games, Valve, and
Zombie Studios. Login credentials were swiped and used to
acquired the data, which included source code for Xbox Live,
simulators for Apache helicopters, and pre-release versions of
MW3 and Gears of War 3.