Friends discovered a Montana father brutally mangled to death in his tent. In fact, the victim was so gruesomely mutilated that friends thought a bear mauled him. However, police say the "loving" dad was not killed by a bear; they're calling it a homicide.On Saturday morning, friends of Dustin Kjersem went looking for him after he failed to meet up with them Friday and hadn't been seen since Thursday afternoon. Friends found the 35-year-old father in his tent at a makeshift campsite that morning in Big Sky, one hour southwest of Bozeman, Montana.'This incident was a vicious attack, and detectives are working hard to develop and track down leads. A suspect has not been arrested at this time.'Kjersem's friends immediately contacted police and said he was killed in a bear attack. Members of the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office; Big Sky Fire Department; Montana Highway Patrol; and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks were dispatched to the spot where the body was discovered. A Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks agent with "expertise in bear attacks" noted that there were not "any signs of bear activity at the scene," which "prompted investigators to treat the case as a homicide."The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release, "Evidence gathered through an autopsy further indicated that this was a homicide.""This incident was a vicious attack, and detectives are working hard to develop and track down leads," police stated. "A suspect has not been arrested at this time."Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer said, "People have asked me if there's a threat to this community, and the answer is we don't know. We don't have enough information to know at this time."Springer warned, "We do know that someone was out there who killed someone in a very heinous way, so if you're out in the woods you need to be paying attention, you need to remain vigilant." CBS News reported that Kjersem had sustained "multiple chop wounds," including to his skull, an autopsy revealed. Authorities noted that there is no cellphone service in the crime scene area, which has made the investigation more difficult. Kjersem's sister — Jillian Price — said of her brother, “He was a loving, helpful ... father who in no way deserved this.” “I asked our community to please find out who did this,” she added. “There is someone in our valley that is capable of truly heinous things.”Kjersem had been driving a black 2013 Ford F-150 pickup truck with a black topper and a silver aluminum ladder rack.Sheriff Springer said, "He was brutally killed at his campsite, and we need your help."Capt. Nathan Kamerman said, "Think of the whole canyon. If you saw something weird in the canyon area, or in town with his truck, please reach out to us."The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone with information on the case or anyone who was in the Moose Creek area around the time of Kjersem's death to contact the GCSO Detectives Division at 406-582-2121 or by email at detectives@gallatin.mt.gov.You can view a video report here about the incident.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A massive spill of data from Game Freak, the developer behind the Pokémon franchise, has been revealed to contain source code, concept art, and over 25 years of internal files.The data breach dubbed "Teraleak" contains a ton of stolen data, including the following: Developer build of Pokémon Black/WhiteOld tech demosUnreleased gamesTest builds for Pokémon GoDocuments for canceled and upcoming moviesConcept artTechnical documents'The Pokémon brand is still really strong.'Game Freak has confirmed the hack in a Japanese document; which, when translated, reveals that the names and company email addresses of over 2,600 employees, contract workers, and former employees were exposed."Our company has discovered that personal information of our employees and others was leaked in connection with unauthorized access to our servers by a third party in August 2024," Game Freak wrote."We are contacting the affected employees individually."The company added, "We have already rebuilt and re-inspected the server and will strive to prevent recurrence by further strengthening our security measures." Then, it linked to a response form.John F. Trent, editor for gaming and culture site That Park Place, said, "in the short term there might be some negative repercussions, but in the long run the Pokemon brand is still really strong."Trent pointed to the brand's continuing to "kneecap" itself by embracing a woke ideology and said it may result in the company becoming an "enemy of the audience" it is trying to sell to.What is becoming increasingly apparent, however, is how hacking culture and cybersecurity have become self-sustaining industries. Mysterious hacks and data dumps occur, and cyber security companies with shady connections jump at the chance to rescue the affected party.In an interview about the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, researcher Ken Heckenlively referred to cybersecurity agencies as being “like bounty hunters" who all want to play heroes for big tech companies.This mirrors the circumstances surrounding CrowdStrike, which made headlines during the 2016 federal electoral campaign.The cyber-security firm was called upon to investigate the alleged hacks of the DNC despite being responsible for the party's cyber security already, essentially investigating itself.CrowdStrike, which sparked a worldwide systems crash in August, was later revealed to have connections to the World Economic Forum, massive investment firm Vanguard, and intelligence agencies. The company even hired a former deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division.While data leaks for gaming companies are nothing new — see the PlayStation Network Outage of 2011 and Nintendo's 2018 data leak — it has become a necessity in recent years to examine all parties involved in the clean-up crew.Competing industry or disgruntled employees are typically the leading suspects, and it seems appropriate to now ask: Who stands benefit from a data dump about Pokemon games?Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Starfield Shattered Space promised to usher in a new phase for Bethesda’s beleaguered space RPG. It was to be a moment to reflect on everything the developer had learned since launch, showing real improvement in areas fans were unhappy about. For a while it looked like the dream was coming true as Starfield’s player count shot back up -  not to the highs it launched to, but nearly enough to threaten Skyrim’s numbers. That threat has now ended, as Starfield’s player count on Steam has gone spiraling back down to Earth. Continue reading Starfield Steam numbers slip back down following Shattered Space launch MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Starfield mods, Best RPGs, Best space games

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