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Infamous Video Game Hacker, Mortland Calls it Quits

Infamous Video Game Hacker, Mortland Calls it QuitsInfamous Video Game Hacker, Mortland Calls it QuitsAfter 4 years of causing widespread mischief online video game Hacker Mortland calls it quits. September 6, 2004 -- It was on September 9th 2002 that SEGA Public Relations Officer Jeff Millian said that video games had been taken to far. He was very right. 2 years ago an unidentified hacker (now known as Mortland) caused over $16,000 thousand dollars in damage and financle loss to Sonic Team, developers to the hit video game Phantasy Star Online. The attack was web based and downed the developers server for 3 days. It was later discovered that it was in retaliation to a disagreement between the company and Mortland pertaining to the recognition of September 11th victims. It was when the company said, Were not in the business of grieving and making holidays that I decided to down there servers said 17 year old Mortland in a statement to a local newspaper on September 11th 2002.

That was 2 years ago. To date Mortland has taken down 32 web forums, vandalized over 20 websites, and has been kicked off the servers to 11 games. Im just using the game to its full potential, its a shame no one else does. Said Mortland who has finally decided to call it quits. Now at 19 and finishing up his schooling in Boise Idaho from studying Nursing, he has decided to enjoy the finer things in life. I was always hating everyone, I was sick of everyone. But now I have simply decided to ignore them all and divorce my self from the human race. It worked out really well.

When asked about the level of intensity agenst the sites that he attacked he responded, When your pumped full of drugs all the time you do things for the stupidest reasons, I guess I just like messing with video gamers. I mean that isnt how it always was, There were good reasons to some of my messages agenst some of the people I hit.