brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL
1 edit | bah
My credit card! Well, I hope this is made up don't want to spend the day getting a new credit card. |
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yock
TFTC
Premium
join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH
| Sure Sounds Like BS
Some random user finds critical Steam "login" information in a file? What file? Where did he login? Steam? Is he asserting that Valve's customer data is accessible from the internet simply with a certain set of Steam login credentials?
I'll believe it when I see it.
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xbbdc
join:2005-06-30
Hollywood, FL | maddoxx
he is not a random user, he's been hacking valve since steam came out. he's cracked it in almost every way possible. this is by no means a "random user" at all. |
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cableties
Premium
join:2005-01-27 |  Fool Steam Ahead!
Saw this one coming. Love HalfLife series but the method of pusher has always left a bad taste.
Internet extortion! |
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guhuna
R.I.P Mike
Premium
join:2001-03-31
Brentwood, CA | Website.
Here is his website if anyone cares.
»emp.damage-web.net/ |
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Ima
join:2003-10-23
Little Rock, AR
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Maddox has been hacking Steam since it's initial release years back. You'd have thought Valve would've learned a thing or two about security after their source code for Half-Life 2 was stolen.
But apparantly that's all wishful thinking.. they're as vulnerable as ever. |
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sitrix
join:2002-04-15
Tacoma, WA
| reply to xbbdc
Re: maddoxx
Yup, Maddox is quite well known in that area and cracked Steam in many ways.... He has the knowledge and his target was Valve for many years...  Don't think of him as some "random user". 
Still, have to keep in mind that at least Maddox tries to inform Valve about their security holes, while many other hackers will simply silently get what they want and cash in. Most of the time company wouldn't even know that breaking occurred, only later in time their customers will start finding "extra" charges on their CC's.  |
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comp
Premium
join:2001-08-16
Concord, NC
clubs: | reply to Ima
Re: Website.
some how i dont buy this. Also i didnt even know steam stored credit card data |
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GR_Alchemist
join:2007-02-12 | I would guess this is from their cyber cafe program. Only thing they have that has recurring payments. Either way seems very odd to have CC info in a plain text database but ..yea. |
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trey_w
join:2002-07-03
Plano, TX | PCI Compliance?
Can you say PCI compliance or lack of.... I believe they are required to notify customers. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to cableties
Re: Fool Steam Ahead!
said by cableties  :Saw this one coming. Love HalfLife series but the method of pusher has always left a bad taste. Internet extortion! Care to explain how Steam = extortion?
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Ima
Re: Website.
said by Ima :Maddox has been hacking Steam since it's initial release years back. the client, not the database...
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comp
Premium
join:2001-08-16
Concord, NC
clubs: | reply to trey_w
Re: PCI Compliance?
Which is why i think this might be BS |
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brianisnotcool
@verizon.net | reply to brianiscool
Re: bah
I think he only got the cc info for the cyber cafe accounts. Unless you have a cyber cafe you are probably fine. |
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Derfel
join:2004-06-06
Winnipeg, MB | reply to trey_w
Re: PCI Compliance?
Should notify does not mean will notify... if they think they can handle it "in-house", then maybe they'd prefer it stay quiet. Personally, I'm contacting Steam now to tell them to delete my credit card info post haste. |
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fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state | reply to Ima
Re: Website.
Yeah I remember him back in the Emporio release days.
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ElJay
join:2004-03-17 | reply to yock
Re: Sure Sounds Like BS
I agree. I think this guy is just looking for some attention and to slime Valve in the process.
"I was browsing some stuff, came across this, found some files." Yeah, that's the ticket! |
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arck1969
join:2006-11-27
Apple Valley, CA | Hacked
I can not believe no one is bitching about the guy that hacked the system. I guess it is alright to hack into a system.  |
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MADx
join:2005-05-25
Richmond, IN
·Comcast
1 edit | I still don't see how hacking into a system proves anything other than bragging rights for the hacker. So, the company being hack gets bad PR and embarrass, but it doesn't necessarily prove that hacking can cause a company to improve security, and if it does than the hacker will hack again and again tell this behavior is dealt with by law. |
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Apollo729
join:2006-08-28
Avis, PA
| reply to Derfel
Re: PCI Compliance?
said by Derfel :Should notify does not mean will notify... if they think they can handle it "in-house", then maybe they'd prefer it stay quiet. Personally, I'm contacting Steam now to tell them to delete my credit card info post haste. What good would that do? If he downloaded the DB w/ your data in days ago, removing said data now would do what?
If anything you should cancel the card and get a replacement.
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