Valve is the latest gaming company to suffer a security breach during the hackathon that is the year 2011. What's that got to do with MMOs, you say? Well, the company's Steam digital download service offers access to a ton of our favorite virtual worlds, and it has thus far seemed relatively secure.
Kotaku reports that the Steam forums were hacked last night, with the paper trail leading to a cracker website known as Fknowned.com. The gentlemen in question are of course denying all responsibility for the mischief, and thus far Valve has offered no comment on the situation. It's worth noting that the Steam forum account info is separate from the actual Steam service account info, but it's also likely that some users employ identical sets of credentials. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 5:04PM nimzy said
Luckily, thanks to Steam Guard, you're not in dire straights. I just hope you don't use the same password for Steam you do in other places.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 5:15PM Braiks said
I was wondering what's going on with their forums the last few days :S
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 5:25PM Necromas said
It always annoyed me that my steam forums password and my steam client password were different because I'd always forget the forum one.
Now, I'm kind of glad I did that.
Now, I'm kind of glad I did that.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 8:44PM ShivanSwordsman said
Valve is one of the nicest companies to their customers, and 1st party wise have always delivered good games. Yet the lowest of the low will still target them, rather than directing their rage at fellow scum, like EA and Origin, or Activision and Elite. I suppose you can't win even when you're nothing but good to your customers.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 9:13PM real65rcncom said
/cue Simpson's kid.. Ha! Ha!
and people cry about Origin..
and people cry about Origin..
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 8:40AM (Unverified) said
@real65rcncom
Yet Origin is garbage coding released by a garbage company.
Steam on the other hand is a decent platform released by one of the last gaming companies that give a shit about it's customers.
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Yet Origin is garbage coding released by a garbage company.
Steam on the other hand is a decent platform released by one of the last gaming companies that give a shit about it's customers.









