What is this about? And what is the site name? Please explain!
2007-06-22 09:00:12 · 8 answers · asked by kirsten l 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
it appeared on InSecure.com
according to the site a hacker broke into the publisher's computer and "stole" the book - if you want to know what he said.....
(don't look if you don't want to know)
hermione is killed by lord valdemort.
we'll have to wait until july 21st to see if it was a hoax or not.
2007-06-22 09:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by catrin l 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been trying to find the site too. I had heard that the hacker had posted something to www.insecure.org I dug around this site and was unable to find anything.
Judging by the number of "don't read the spoiler" posts on leakycauldron, et.al which strangely, seem to be written in two or three styles, I'd say that the publishers of this book are in full damage control mode and are likely pulling out all stops to keep people from finding and downloading from any one website or on P2P networks. If you find anything, please be so kind as to drop me an email
2007-06-22 18:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by goofyguy77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked at it, and it's bogus. First of all, this so called "hacker" doesn't know much about Harry Potter. (The Imperius Curse is NOT a killing curse). Secondly, they claimed to have leaked information early so that people will not want to read the book, and say they are doing this for the pope, so it looks like some loon who is out for attention. If you know the HP books well, and read this so called spoiler, you will see that it is bogus.
2007-06-23 15:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a lot of kids trying to make themselves sound like big shots. The book is well protected. Why the fascination with getting a hold of it early? What's wrong with waiting like everyone else and reading it when it comes out? If you respect JK Rowling, why try and steal her book? That is just like walking into her living room and stealing her TV. JK Rowling, like all authors, deserves to be able to earn a living selling books. Show her respect and ignore all this junk. Wait until the book comes out and purchase a copy. I mean, how much does it cost? 20 dollars or something like that? I think you can wait and buy it. Pax - C
2007-06-22 16:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a hoax. You can read about the details here:
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/6/21/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-hacker-hoax
Here's another news report, too
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2028966520070620?pageNumber=2&sp=true
And here's the site with the hoax:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jun/0380.html
2007-06-22 16:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by HP Wombat 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i got an e-mail from my cousin about it.
what they said they read sounded pretty much nothing like what Jo would write.
I'm pretty sure it was just a hoax
2007-06-23 19:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by Bloody Kiwis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all a whole lot of rubbish...dun believe it..some dumb kids trying to fancy themselves big shots by making others suffer/upset..
it's gonna take lots more than hackers,ms rowling would haf foresaw tht.
2007-06-23 07:26:52 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs Hermione Potter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be viewed on www.insecure.org, but it's just spoilers that, in my opinion, are a load of crap!
2007-06-22 17:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by becca7396 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋