What did this lead to?

Yes, the image is tiled on purpose. Its a hint.

Cracked by: udupendra , Dibyo , shrik , Raghuvansh , Kaiser Soze , jayanth , sne , duriel , Nakul , , Ps , bobo , Wasi Manazir , Logik , BASAB , foobar , Siddharth Jain and shenoyvarun86.

udupendra, Dibyo, shrik, Raghuvansh, Kaiser Soze, jayanth, sne, duriel, Nakul, Anonymous, Ps, bobo, Wasi Manazir, Logik, BASAB, foobar, Siddharth Jain and shenoyvarun86