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| Thread ID: 78537 | 2007-04-19 06:52:00 | Valve Hacked | msnforum (11610) | PC World Chat |
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| 542363 | 2007-04-19 06:52:00 | I'm trying to keep a low profile. I have seen MaddoxX work for years, he has the heart to the pirating community. www.gameplanet.co.nz The Half Life 2 source code is out and I have a copy of it. No doubt to those who bought Valve products using a credit card over the internet might be worried about their credit card info. <^QuickSilver> Hi, MaddoxX, can I get an interview? <MaddoxX> sure <^QuickSilver> Thanks, so, a huge fuss is being kicked up about the recent ‘hacking’ of Valve, why did you do it? <MaddoxX> I always tried to get into their systems to steal stuff from them.. just to prove their security sucks <MaddoxX> As you can see they can’t even protect their games from piracy <MaddoxX> ofcourse no company can do <MaddoxX> but it is way to easy with VALVe lol <MaddoxX> makes it fun :) <^QuickSilver> And that’s what it’s all about, eh? <MaddoxX> most of it <^QuickSilver> Are you actually going to release credit card details? <MaddoxX> Prolly.. they ignore me. <MaddoxX> And I don’t like it when I get ignored <MaddoxX> I gave them several chances <^QuickSilver> True that, and they’ve basically attempted to cover everything up? Why do you think that is? <MaddoxX> Prevent chaos.. <^QuickSilver> So what do you plan to get out of this? <MaddoxX> I aint planning **** <MaddoxX> they can’t do anything <MaddoxX> anything else? <^QuickSilver> Well, do you want anything from Valve? <MaddoxX> Just a message on their site that there has been a hack onto their site. <MaddoxX> Informing the users <^QuickSilver> Okay, I think that’s it <^QuickSilver> Thanks for your time. <MaddoxX> np |
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| 542364 | 2007-04-19 08:05:00 | Why dose someone want to post 3 and a half year old info for ? Trevor :) |
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| 542365 | 2007-04-19 09:58:00 | What a load of crap. | Metla (12) | ||
| 542366 | 2007-04-19 10:03:00 | Metla: What a load of crap. *Metla's banking account hacked and lost all his money* Metla: Damn it!! :p |
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| 542367 | 2007-04-19 10:25:00 | What money? :blush: | Metla (12) | ||
| 542368 | 2007-04-19 21:59:00 | Dude, this is less one month old stuff, these sources are dated around April 2007. Valve have been covering it up for quite some time. Sorry for posting the wrong link on the starting thread because i was looking to post a legit source instead from an illegal site. While this incident has yet to be confirmed by Valve, the amount of information about it would seem to prove that this attack did indeed happen. Apparently all threads at Steampowered.com regarding this are being trashed almost as soon as they are started. Read these instead. www.fpsbanana.com www.theinquirer.net www.dailytech.com A hacker who calls himself Maddox is currently holding Valve for ransom. The hacker in question has released screen shots of the internal admin system along with detailed user account information and tips on setting up Cybercafe which is usually an option only for actually Cybercafe's. The screen shots appear to be legitimate, with lists of CyberCafe accounts, error logs and some credit card data with blacked out numbers. Maddox was quoted as saying, "If you [Valve] want me to remove these files you can e-mail me at (address removed) and I prefer you come with something good unless you want me to expose ALL of the customers their information." He's also threatening to create a spreadsheet of all Valve's user base credit card data and to release it onto the web, which could effect millions of Valve customers that have purchased games online through Steam. Valve has yet to publicly respond to the threat with no mention of the incident on its own website and nothing in it's forums either. Chances are they're already deep in contact with law enforcement and trying their best to to ensure their user base maintains as little knowledge of what's at stake with their own personal information as possible. Quoted from DailyTech, "It seems that VALVe is being held for ransom. If this is true, VALVe may be in trouble, as California Senate Bill 1386 requires that credit card holders be informed of any breach of their information, and MaddoxX already knows exactly how much money they have available. According to a posting made on an anti-STEAM website, MaddoxX has bypassed VALVe's security system and accessed a significant chunk of data, including: * Screenshots of internal VALVe web pages * A portion of VALVe's Cafe directory * Error logs * Credit card information of customers * Financial information on VALVe" The screenshot of the internal Valve web page i19.tinypic.com Valve Balance Sheet i16.tinypic.com More info to come. Search it on google, I bet you will find a lot of these stuff on legal and more on illegal sites. |
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| 542369 | 2007-04-20 03:29:00 | Meh, I had read reports of it before you posted it, My statement wasn't that it was untrue, Just that the act and following reports are just a big smelly pile of dung. The person involved needs a smack around the ears, No accolades or celebration via the net, Just for his Ma to walk down to the basement he lives in and hand out some *****-slap punishment. And Valve done the right thing by keeping quiet about it (as long as it was reported the appropriate people in order to kill of the credit cards) Im sure this isn't the first time Valve have been attacked, They are a big target. Actually, They may have my credit card number in their database.:eek: |
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