SEVENTH BOOK ENDING LEAKED ON TO THE INTERNET!!

[guy_lover_450]

i was reading on google and it said that someone with the name of "gabriel" hacked onto a computer in london and got the ending of the 7th book!! anyone hear about this??!! im so mad!  

[Eulysa Vilae]

I call BS on that, I've heard the rumors and I don't buy it.  

[Noelani Rules]

I don't believe it either. This is the best article I could find about it (click here for website):

Hacker says he knows Harry Potter's ending after breaking into PC

06/21/2007

The hacker, who goes by the name "Gabriel," claims to have taken a digital copy of author J.K. Rowling's seventh book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by breaking into a computer at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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The mystery surrounding the end to fictional British boy wizard Harry Potter's saga deepened on Wednesday with a computer hacker posting what he said were key plot details and a publisher warned the details could be fake.

The hacker, who goes by the name "Gabriel," claims to have taken a digital copy of author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by breaking into a computer at London-based Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

For months now, leading up to the book's July 21 release, legions of "Harry Potter" fans have debated whether Rowling killed Harry or one of his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in the final book.

Gabriel has posted information at Web site InSecure.org that, if true, would answer that question. "We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring," Gabriel said in the posting.

"Harry Potter" publishers have taken great pains to keep the conclusion a secret and preserve the multibillion-dollar entertainment enterprise surrounding the boy wizard. A Bloomsbury spokesman declined comment on the hacker's claims.

Kyle Good, a spokesman for U.S. distributor Scholastic Corp., would not say whether the posting was accurate, but did warn readers to be skeptical about anything on the Web that claims to have inside information on the book's plot. "There is a whole lot of junk flying around," she said. "Consider this one more theory."

David Perry, a spokesman for computer security company Trend Micro, said there was a good chance Gabriel's claim could be a hoax. "We've had hypes like this on the last couple of Harry Potter books," he said. "There is a very high level of spurious information in the hacker world." But if true, it could be a problem for Bloomsbury.

The "Harry Potter" books have been global best-sellers with fans buying some 320 million versions worldwide, and anticipation for "Deathly Hallows" is high. In April, U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble said advance orders for the book had already topped 500,000 copies, setting a chain record. Scholastic plans to release a record 12 million copies of "Deathly Hallows" to meet demand.

A stolen copy of the sixth Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" surfaced in Britain about a month before its official release in July 2005. Two people were charged after reportedly trying to sell a copy to the London tabloid the Sun. Four "Potter" movies made by Warner Bros. film studio, a division of Time Warner Inc., have brought in $3.5 billion in global ticket sales, and a fifth film is due in theaters in early July.

 

[HackAutoSystem5]

OMG i didn't know that!!!
that's terrible!!!!  

[Shigures Editor]

I doubt it's real, but still, that's really idiotic of that "Gabriel" guy.  

[amanda_danielle]

that is horrible eek  

[hellomandy]

I doubt it happened. JK has been really careful about the plot of the 7th book. She's barely given a tidbit away, and she refused to hand her transcript over to airport security, so they had to let her take it on.

How would it be possible for someone to 'hack in' anyway? It would probably be on one computer, and guarded with passwords made completely out of numbers or some rubbish.

It's some idiot who wants to let the 'secret' out so nobody will buy the books. Apparently, someone who doesn't like JK, or is playing a stupid prank. I hope whoever it is gets arrested.  

[sakura_chan_879]

So wrong. That never happened. I only listen to confirmed news, and this is just a rumour. Go and check out Mugglenet. There's nothing about it.

Besides, would JKR really let this happen? xp  

[sakura_chan_879]

Major RUBBISH. JKR's careful with her handiwork. She would never let this happen, and...

WHY would Deathly Hallows be on the computer, or quite frankly, the internet? Complete rubbish. I don't think this really happened.

talk2hand  

[SCHiZOPHRENiC illusionist]

That article really troubled me. Although I would still read the book, and I seriously believe the rumours are untrue- if the ending was supposedly leaked out- I would ruin the entire series for me. I would die, that's why I'm trying to avoid things about Harry Potter that aren't public news.  

[imKirsten!]

yeah i read the so called "ending", cause they had a link to the website where it was posted. it sounded like complete BS.  

[x X Cissy x Black X x]

I don't think so. The bookstores are getting the books a few hours before the release, and they are required to put them in a locked safe with a flame retardant blanket provided by the shipment company. It's madness, and truth, my uncle works there.  

[lady-bug-britt]

i sure hope its not true i just hate ruined endings! crying  

[lady-bug-britt]

x X Cissy x Black X x

I don't think so. The bookstores are getting the books a few hours before the release, and they are required to put them in a locked safe with a flame retardant blanket provided by the shipment company. It's madness, and truth, my uncle works there.

LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you get one early then?  

[x X Cissy x Black X x]

lady-bug-britt

x X Cissy x Black X x

I don't think so. The bookstores are getting the books a few hours before the release, and they are required to put them in a locked safe with a flame retardant blanket provided by the shipment company. It's madness, and truth, my uncle works there.

LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you get one early then?

Well, if I wanted to get myself, my uncle, and his boss landed in jail, then sure. xd