Valve held for ransom by hacker

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Valve held for Ransom By Hacker
Thurs 19th Apr, 2007 @ 11:34:30pm

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"

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.
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Half-Life hacker holds Valve to ransom
DailyTech - Update: STEAM Subsystem Compromised, Hacker Posts Ransom Demands

Didn't post the hacker's main site,since tht guy provided a link where you can d'load the CC numbers..

Guess,it's true since the ppl who started the thread are getting pms from moderators stating it to be true but they don't have full info on it yet.
 
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VALVE: Steam not hacked after all..

Doug Lombardi, director of marketing at Valve, says, "There has been no security breach of Steam." However, he does confirm our expert's findings by adding, "The alleged hacker gained access to a third-party site that Valve uses to manage the commercial partners in its Cyber Café program. This Cyber Café billing system is not connected to Steam. We are working with law enforcement agencies on this matter, and encourage anyone with more information to e-mail us at Catch_A_Thief@valvesoftware.com."

Steam users may therefore breathe a sigh of relief, although unfortunately, cybercafe owners participating in the aforementioned program might not be so lucky.
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catchy name..

The Tech Report - Valve: Steam not hacked after all
 
Aah.. MaddoXX! I love that guy!

He was the first to crack Steam.

He released Non-Steam. Which would allow you the download games and play then thru the Non-Steam client, thru Steam, without actually buying the Game.

Im sure hes actually done it. Hes quite a reputed guy in the "Steam Hacking" world...
 
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