> What exactly did anyone in his right mind hoped such a raid would achieve?
Made people think the company in question was doing what it needed to do to protect its users.
The group of people that would see that move as a negative is small. Gamers, by and large are not technically savvy people. They sat and worried about their characters being broken into and people cheating. Basically there is no action too drastic to protect them. The general public is basically the same. A 'hacker' did something, the company targeted brought the hammer down on him. All is well with the world.
Raid the hacker and nothing comes to light from what he did? The company protected its users. Raid and the material is released? This is why we have to be harder and harder on them until they get the message this won't be tolerated. Commits suicide? It just shows how unstable these people are.
Made people think the company in question was doing what it needed to do to protect its users.
The group of people that would see that move as a negative is small. Gamers, by and large are not technically savvy people. They sat and worried about their characters being broken into and people cheating. Basically there is no action too drastic to protect them. The general public is basically the same. A 'hacker' did something, the company targeted brought the hammer down on him. All is well with the world.
Raid the hacker and nothing comes to light from what he did? The company protected its users. Raid and the material is released? This is why we have to be harder and harder on them until they get the message this won't be tolerated. Commits suicide? It just shows how unstable these people are.