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[fluffydelusions]

So did anyone actually get anything purchased on their account?

 

[jonno394]

Last time I accessed steam was 48-72 hours ago. Wonder if I'm Ok?

 

[Red Arremer]

This is the fuck-up that will force Valve to change the many different negative elements of their company that have been tolerated so far.

Nah, Greenlight will still be full of scammers, and the marketplace still will be full of bots.

 

[finalflame]

Wow this thread is a cesspool of juvenile banter and complaining.

 

[tim.mbp]

Guess I'm thankful I don't save payment info (thanks LastPass) and have 2FA turned on. Hopefully Valve will get their shit together.

 

[iNvid02]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

is this your first steam sale? congrats on the big haul

 

[cyba89]

People should really stop making assumptions (like people were not able to make purchases) when we don't know any facts about this yet.

And I'm baffled at the amount of people here trying to downplay this fuck-up somehow.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

noooooo

 

[Rebel Leader]

Well I've got Steam Guard, so I should be fine right?

Either way, Steam is losing my business for a while over this. I'm more than happy to buy from elsewhere.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Nah, Greenlight will still be full of scammers, and the marketplace still will be full of bots.

huh, greenlight?

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Who? Is this real? Need more context.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

And the context of this is??? Are you saying someone charged $2500 to your paypal today alone?

 

[butzopower]

Not trying to excuse Valve here as this totally sounds like something they did to themselves, but shutting down a massive system like Steam would take quite a bit of time. You have caching servers that will keep a lot of the site up even if they pull the plug. You want to make sure you don't cause any more damage than you already have (ie. lock yourself out of your own servers that you can't even shut down then, etc).

The worst thing to do in panic mode is to panic and pull all the wires. When shit hits the fan, you want to be less reactionary and be making informed decisions.

 

[Steel]

Gabe will give a long written reply.

People will say that he was humble and took his lumps and they still trust Valve.

That's about it.

Eh, I'd go so far as to say we'll get a bunch of free cards and badges.

Yippee.

Spoiler

In all seriousness though, this is class action lawsuit worthy. I think Valve will bleed some money to those effected. At absolute least to their steam wallet.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

So did anyone actually get anything purchased on their account?

Nothing that I can see on mine.

 

[szaromir]

hahahahaha

People have "invested" lots of lots of money into a small group of corporations. When they get completely burned after spending years defending their use of money they will either

1) be really, really fucking pissed
2) go into complete denial and make sure everyone knows they are right

Yup, extremely sad.

 

[Prosopon]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Holy shit.

 

[GuardianE]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Source that. Don't just post uncaptioned pictures to start a panic. It's irresponsible.

 

[Smash88]

No way... is this you?

Wot

Not me, but people are posting it, that people were buying shit using steam.

Found it on reddit, don't remember the thread it was on /r/steam, they said they got hacked. I have no idea how real it is.

 

[jacobeid]

Please both learn to read, as that is not what youjacobeid originally wrote. Thank you.

I quite literally posted a list of the details that have been exposed through this link, that were not exposed through PSN, and said as such. Not quite sure what you're getting at here, but whatever.

 

[nextgeneration]

I guess Steam Guard is working correctly. Was unaware of this Steam fuck up and when I tried logging into my account, I got email from Valve saying there was a login attempt from me (IP address on email is identical to my pc's IP address).

So, I should be ok?

 

[JigglesBunny]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Is this what it seems to be? I was under the belief you couldn't purchase under these circumstances since you aren't logged into their account, moreso just seeing the information.

 

[throwawayname]

is... is that from the movie? ...


did i just get something from the movie spoiled?... day before I see it too. lol

:\

Like the other's said it was in a trailer, but I removed it anyway and sorry If I ruined the moment for you.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

I thought that no purchases could be done.

 

[benny_a]

This is not the time to post random shit you find somewhere without proper attribution from trustworthy sources.

 

[taco543]

So much for people saying you couldn't buy or do anything on other peoples accounts right? Nothing to worry about right?

 

[AlteredForms]

Daikatana sales are going to shoot through the roof. Romero is going to make us all his bitch!

 

[ItIsOkBro]

(shout-outs to the nice random people on Steam contacting me to chat because they were in my account and looking at my stuff--all seemed like standup, trustworthy guys)

Stump with that highkey shade

 

[Tenebrous]

This being on Christmas sure makes me wonder if this was an intentional hack

Same here. Page caching issue or whatever else, the timing is just too good for me to think this was the fault of a program. I'd put money on an outside force being at work.

 

[dity]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Holy shit.

On another note, wouldn't it take ages to scour the store for even that much money's worth of purchases? Damn.

 

[Shoogoo]

I'm half drunk, how di I remove steam from my Paypal?!

 

[Cody_D165]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Well guys

We had a good run

Time to fucking pack up all my money and flee the internet

Spoiler

fucking valve what have you done

 

[Kouriozan]

...

Shh, you will create even more panic.

 

[Kifimbo]

That pic could be from before the breach, right ? It doesn't mean anything.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Real or not that would be a lot of games right there

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

This is not the time to post random shit you find somewhere without proper attribution from trustworthy sources.

actually chaos is the only way I find enjoyment in life

so keep posting this random shit so people can panic!

 

[JustinBB7]

I just got a random phone number calling me, rang once and then hung up, really long number that is not from my country..

 

[EricTheCleric]

Those database dumps aren't public to normal people. You could literally go into anything Steam related and get a new person's account. So you are under the whims of literally anyone who could touch the steam stuff.

I'm not sure what's worse, but it's clearly on the same level.

what if you do it really really fast on several computers/virtual computers/slices and record all this information?....

 

[Fandangox]

edit:nvm

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

So much for people saying you couldn't buy or do anything on other peoples accounts right? Nothing to worry about right?

We have no idea if that's real. It would be super easy to fake it. Not saying it isn't possible, but I need more to go on than a jpeg.

 

[Soyongdori]

I thought that no purchases could be done.

That was probably done 60 mins ago before valve found out.

 

[jb1234]

So much for people saying you couldn't buy or do anything on other peoples accounts right? Nothing to worry about right?

We don't have any context for this pic. I think it's important not to panic.

 

[Heigic]

All you have to do is right click inspect element and change some numbers. I wouldn't believe that screenshot.

 

[Atlas157]

Once they have Steam properly working again, I'm removing my CC info and making a dedicated email for Steam only. Fuck this.

So did anyone actually get anything purchased on their account?

Thankfully no one purchased anything on mine.

 

[Xamtheking]

New Jimquisition episode title: "A Steam-ing Pile Of Shit"

 

[Grief.exe]

Will update if we can substantiate Smash's post. I don't know if we will be able to.

What we know so far

• Most likely an error in the way Steam caches pages.
• People are able to access random Steam profiles and see compromising information, account names, emails, last 2 digits of credit card, paypal email address, purchases, etc.
• No changes can be made to the effected account, no purchases can be made. Any evidence to the contrary is, as of yet, unsubstantiated.
• It's been advised to not access Steam URLs, including the client, until we have more information.
• Do not post account names you see, huge security risk.
• Do not log into Steam to unlink your Paypal. If you feel the need, can be done from the actual Paypal website.
• Reminder: Steamdb is not affiliated with Valve in any way.

I'll update this post with more information going forward.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Holy shit.

On another note, wouldn't it take ages to scour the store for even that much money's worth of purchases? Damn.

Nope, just look at store there are game development software in the hundreds

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

That's fake

/grief.exe

 

[Hektor]

I quite literally posted a list of the details that have been exposed through this link, that were not exposed through PSN, and said as such. Not quite sure what you're getting at here, but whatever.

You posted a list of data that was compromised. Exactly the same kind of data that was compromised in the PSN breach. That it was exposed to the public rather than a group of hackers was not part of your post.

 

[Stumpokapow]

So much for people saying you couldn't buy or do anything on other peoples accounts right? Nothing to worry about right?

Do you think that screenshot is real? If it is real, do you think it is confirmed to be connected to this issue, or is it possible that it was someone's actual purchases?