Sacred Symbols+, Episode 227 | The Legal and Technical Ramifications of the GTAVI Hack (Patreon)
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Welcome back to Sacred Symbols+. As promised, I (Colin) endeavored to get our two favorite subject matter experts -- Hoeg and Moore's Law -- onto the show to discuss the recent Rockstar hack/leak from a more academic perspective. We begin with our legal analyst Rick Hoeg of Hoeg Law and Virtual Legality, who dives into the potential legal fallout for the hacker(s), as well as the different litigious avenues Rockstar might pursue in remedying significant injury. Then, Tom from Moore's Law Is Dead and the Broken Silicon podcast joins-up to pore over the technical ramifications. What does it mean for a company to potentially lose its product's source code, and what insanity can result? What does the future of GTA development look like when it only took a single person making a single mistake to blow the whole thing up? Tom spoke to his dev sources to get first-hand answers, and we relay all of that -- and more -- on the other side of play.