thanks kotaku
Jason didn't know that, he was just trying to help.
Of course after that steam database tweet everyone can come out and point fingers at kotaku...
thanks kotaku
I'm appalled some completely unaffiliated Twitter account is the only thing people can quote for information on what to do.It's crazy how such an unprofessional operating company is the leading one for digital distribution of games.
False, no one was able to purchase anything.
This. Has Valve said anything??Why is an unofficial Twitter account running a third party site the one doing the support for this issue?
What? How do you know how "bad" this is already?
PSN had millions of accounts compromised and complete credit card details stolen. There's no evidence to show this is worse yet.
Originally Posted by chrominance
From what I can tell, here's the information that could be compromised:
last 2 digits of your credit card
Paypal email address
amount in your Steam wallet
last four digits of your phone number
account email address
+ your country of residence.
Social engineering opportunities galore with this information.
I just ate and I'm on the west coast.Do people really do Christmas dinner that early? I know some people do Thanksgiving lunch instead of dinner, which is insanity.
Especially in Seattle, no way they did Christmas dinner at 1pm.
Console war or not, PSN wasn't even 1/10th as bad as this.
Nightmares are a subset of dreamsyear of dreams turns into year of nightmares
Jason didn't know that, he was just trying to help.
Of course after that steam database tweet everyone can come out and point fingers at kotaku...
thanks kotaku
Is there any reason to expect this to be less fucked than the PSN situtiation those few years back? This seems way worse given how just about anyone can see this shit.
Jason didn't know that, he was just trying to help.
Of course after that steam database tweet everyone can come out and point fingers at kotaku...
You forgot the security breach form 2011?
This is why I don't store my credit card info in any service. Not PSN, not Live, not Steam. Even stupid things like "my baby brother just purchased a lot of games on PSN by mashing X, I'm pissed!" I've seen.
I'm sure that info can still be hacked otherwise, but it doesn't hurt to be a little cautious about stuff like this.
And if it's displaying the info because you purchased something on the site, then it's time to just wait it out, I guess...
False, no one had the ability to purchase items during the duration of the hack.
It didn't, they were shut down very early on. What we saw was the front end, that was only just now shut down, the back end was shut down a while ago cause they added error code pages. So far I still haven't seen evidence of money getting jacked or games being bought with credible evidence.
There are some things you would routinely cache. For example, the featured section. That's not going to change per user. Even the recommended content can be tailored and cached at the same time if you bucket everyone with similar enough tastes. However, you would typically not cache transaction history, account details, etc.
This taught me a life lesson.Never log off GAF.
If I've already been on steam today (and I have, as have millions of others) then its already at risk.And you'd be wrong. By the nature of the issue you put your own info at risk by visiting the page.
Console war or not, PSN wasn't even 1/10th as bad as this.
Steam is around 75 million accounts, so it's at least (roughly) the same size base.
This. Has Valve said anything??
Jason didn't know that, he was just trying to help.
Of course after that steam database tweet everyone can come out and point fingers at kotaku...
Account settings which you reach by clicking the little gear in the top right.Where do you unlink steam on the paypal site?
which is more insulting, this type of mistake happening, or the complete silence from Valve?
Well, I'll definitely remove my CC info when Steam comes back online. What a fucking mess.
so I have my paypal linked to steam
hmm
Perhaps because they have hundreds of them, and it's not as simple as with your own PC where you just flip a switch?Why did it take them + 45 minutes to shut down the servers ?
Wtf Valve WTF ???