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[fluffydelusions]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

I mean this could easily be shopped...

 

[Yonafunu]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Don't just post this without any context

what the fuck are you doing

 

[Fireblend]

For fucks sake be rational and stop posting that unsourced picture, holy shit.

Remember places like 4chan exist.

 

[Red Arremer]

huh, greenlight?

Yeah, people selling assets they bought from Unity, or freeware games they stole.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Looking forward to games media doing damage control for Valve. Already seeing some make jokes about it.

 

[Conflict NZ]

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

For the last time please stop posting this. SteamDB has nothing to do with valve, all you are doing is perpetuating misinformation.

 

[Karl Hawk]

Eh. PC gamers will quickly forgive and forget. The holy saviors Valve and CDPR can do no wrong.

What's the point of making this post? Doesn't contribute anything if you ask me

Anyways, this is a messed up situation.

 

[TheBowen]

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

Oh you

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Train Simulator ain't no joke

 

[JohnTinker]

Glad I haven't logged into or purchased anything from Steam in years. Yikes this is bad

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Please. I can go into Paint.net and make that in about 10 minutes.

 

[Smokey]

Unlinked my Paypal through the Paypal site since they gave the OK for that. I really hope this shit gets resolved soon.

where can i do that?

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

how does a company like steam have ZERO social media presence for stuff like this? This is extremely laziness or hubris.

 

[Crono27]

Hey look people trying to start more drama. While this is bad let's wait and stop overreacting

 

[doctorcdcs]

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

nah, it's cool. it's just a brief moment anyways and i guess it's not a huge spoiler if they're putting it in trailers. thanks though!


it did look cool though, but i did at first think that was fan-made lol

 

[IceMarker]

Merry Christmas!

Spoiler

I'm watching my accounts like a hawk today.

 

[def sim]

As much of a fuck up this is, fear mongering with no context pictures does not help at all.

 

[Grief.exe]

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?

I mean this could easily be shopped...

My thinking exactly.

I know it's easy to jump to conclusions on these matters, but we need confirmation.

 

[Shuggananas]

yes let's post some reddit photoshops taken out of context for the sake of making people panic what could go wrong
geez

 

[Nabs]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Let me guess: Reddit? I'm going to need more than that.

 

[Takamura-San]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

ummm... so that person clicked on the debate charge right after seeing that?

 

[Lagamorph]

Looks like the servers may have finally been taken down.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

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

please don't

 

[BHK3]

Please. I can go into Paint.net and make that in about 10 minutes.

Do it. I'm timing you. tick tock, Engima.

Looks like the servers may have finally been taken down.

They have been for a bit now, I'm currently looking forward to the reparations we're gonna get

 

[Rhaknar]

most of my friend's list is still playing games as usual

 

[daviyoung]

that screenshot seems like part of the FUD factory rather than anything real

 

[Haunted]

Are people from valve astroturfing this thread or are people really this servile to corporations?

Can't imagine the former, that would mean Valve employees are actually doing something.


Jokes aside, this is pretty much a nightmare scenario for Valve and the customers invested in the ecosystem. If there's any one person able to be blamed, their head is going to roll over this.

 

[Codeacious]

What I gather from this (just read through the thread and Twitter):

It looks like local CDN servers were just throwing account management pages at the user that were hot in its local cache (which is why some people got the same user's account page). This is why SteamDB recommended users not unlink their account information- successfully accessing your account management page means it'll go to the top of a server's cache, meaning it might end up being viewed by someone else.

I'm having trouble reasoning about the possible root cause here: on any other day, I'd guess that Valve toggled some feature relating to mobile authentication (since they just started pushing that so heavily), which caused some unexpected bug to arise in the cache retrieval code. But it's Christmas, and messing with feature toggles on a holiday is a big no-no for any high traffic web-based service.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

;______;

Ugh.

 

[Tubie]

I'm way more scared about personal info like my name, address and phone potentially shown to millions (?) of random people all over the world.

Fraud CC purchases can be fixed rather easily, the other stuff not so much.

 

[Joni]

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.

In cases like this, I expect there to be a system in place to deconnect the system from the network. Something tested.

 

[inky]

Well, I changed my email password just in case. Exposing my billing address, email and phone number (and last credit card numbers) and login name is still pretty damn worrysome tho.

Fuck this shit.

 

[abracadaver]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

Looks like JaseC's daily purchases

 

[Orayn]

Please. I can go into Paint.net and make that in about 10 minutes.

I can click "View Source" in a browser and do it in 10 seconds.

 

[Pie and Beans]

The exciting stopclock continues on until Vave bother to send out an e-mail about this.

 

[Tenebrous]

That's....A lot of games right there

Or, y'know, Train sim + DLC.

 

[benny_a]

actually chaos is the only way I find enjoyment in life

so keep posting this random shit so people can panic!

I think we have currently enough FUD that people don't need to intentionally need to post information that isn't verified.

That goes either the way of causing panic or downplaying it.

We're in information gathering mode to ascertain the significance of this.

 

[ironcreed]

Spoiler

Not me, someone posted.

God damn.

 

[RyanW]

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

This would be good to know. If I was logged in a couple of days prior and never logged out(like I open the client up and I don't have to login) am I affected?

 

[jmga]

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

And you believe a random screenshot posted on the internet when no one has been able to confirm you can make purchases from another's account because...

 

[Smash88]

Listen I saw it posted on Reddit and just wanted people to STAY SAFE AND change everything and be careful.

I'm also checking 4chan /v/ and /b/ and they are showing peoples CC info, paypal, everything, they are doxxing people they got cached.

It's not spreading panic, it's a realistic scenario. The image could be fake for all we know, but I'm looking at people's CC info on 4chan right now.

 

[danthefan]

Changed my PayPal password, my credit card is blocked at the moment anyway, hope that keeps me safe.

Holy shit, Valve.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Please. I can go into Paint.net and make that in about 10 minutes.

You could make this in 10 seconds with InspectElement in any modern browser.

 

[Fireblend]

For fucks sake be rational and stop posting that unsourced picture, holy shit.

Remember places like 4chan exist.

Again.

 

[Mxrz]

So. That's pretty much one of the worst things that could happen to Steam. Remarkable to see the "But Sony" come crashing in this early, too. Going to be a crazy January.

Goes without saying, but changing/securing emails/cc probably a good idea right now.

 

[VisceralBowl]

I mean this could easily be shopped...

You don't even have to shop it. Editing the page local page information takes like 3 seconds or less.

That's scary if it's an actual transaction.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Or, y'know, Train sim + DLC.

Lol

It's funny because it's true

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Yes we definately need free AAA games like at the time of Sony PSN attack. This is really INSANE !

https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/ga...s-users-see-others-account-information-steam/

 

[rdytoroll]

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

Nothing to see here guys, right? Privacy has not been breached at all. This is scary

 

[RoyalFool]

Looks like JaseC's daily purchases

That's like half of the Dead or alive outfits.