The mystery surrounding the end to fictional British boy wizard Harry Potter's saga deepened today with a computer hacker posting what he said were key plot details -- but publishers 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 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 on the Full Disclosure mailing list 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 to comment on the hacker's claims.
Warning : This link reveals the hacker spoilers. It might not be a hoax afterall :)
