] Security experts are blaming known but unpatched
] vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer
] for the theft and distribution of the source code for a
] much anticipated new video game.
]
] The source code for Valve Corp.'s Half Life 2, a sequel
] to the popular shoot-'em-up game that was due out by
] December, was posted on the Internet on Thursday,
] according to a statement from Valve Managing Director
] Gabe Newell.

] "This is what happens when you have 31 publicly
] known unpatched vulnerabilities in IE," wrote Thor
] Larholm, senior security researcher for PivX Solutions
] LLC, in a posting to the NTBugTraq mailing list. "I have
] seen screenshots of successfully compiled HL2
] installations, with WorldCraft and Model Viewer running
] atop a listing of directories such as hl2, tf2 and cstrike."