Added: 27.07.2015 11:13 | 17 views | 0 comments


Valve has assured that the password loophole has been closed.

Valve has begun resetting numerous Steam passwords after some users found they could easily hijack another person's account.

It appears that the security flaw was discovered at some stage in July, and became more prominently known as users passed around the knowledge. Valve has said it has now fixed the issue, and that it is "resetting passwords on accounts with suspicious password changes during that period or may have otherwise been affected."

The ease in which users can hijack others' Steam accounts had come as a surprise for some users. In the video below, one streamer shows that the process begins by clicking on the "forgot my login details" on the Steam client. After this, a "hacker" would need to enter their target's Steam account name, after which the client responds with a message saying that a randomly generated code has been sent to the email address associated with the target's account.

Normally the user would need to copy the random code sent via email and paste it into the Steam client. However, if players type in no code at all and click continue, they will still be allowed to proceed. Then they can create a new password for their account.

Numerous users, , has assured that those affected will be looked after. It also has said the loophole has been closed.

"To protect users, we are resetting passwords on accounts with suspicious password changes during that period or may have otherwise been affected," the company said.

"Relevant users will receive an email with a new password. Once that email is received, it is recommended that users login to their account via the Steam client and set a new password.

"Please note that while an account password was potentially modified during this period the password itself was not revealed. Also, if Steam Guard was enabled, the account was protected from unauthorized logins even if the password was modified."

Added: 26.07.2015 16:18 | 19 views | 0 comments


ASidCast: "Now while I won't be touching all of the points in the video, I would like to point out a few things that seemed a bit off to me. While most of said things stated in the video seem plausible, one of the points that grabs my attention the most is the fact that the "anonymous source" states that Valve is afraid of working on Half Life 3 because of the backlash that Mass Effect 3 received when it launched. Now this rumour in particular is very hard to believe considering that Valve probably knows first hand how the internet works, that's why they are where they are right now. They also knew, according to Bethesda and Valve themselves, that they were going to receive backlash for the Steam Paid Mods that was launched earlier this year and promptly taken down soon after. My point is, Valve knew that the backlash was coming because of Paid Mods and yet they went ahead with it which kind of makes the entire point of "Valve being scared of releasing Half Life 3 because of Mass Ef...

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Valve Corporation's means of keeping you happily connected to the gaming community

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Valve Corporation's means of keeping you happily connected to the gaming community

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The prize pool for Valve's upcoming , for $10. Valve gets a 75 percent cut of each purchase, which means the developer is making a nice chunk of change for this record-setting year.

Now entering its fifth year, The International takes place at the KeyArena in Seattle August 3-8.

Added: 15.07.2015 18:57 | 7 views | 0 comments

The prize pool for Valve's upcoming , for $10. Valve gets a 75 percent cut of each purchase, which means the developer is making a nice chunk of change for this record-setting year.

Now entering its fifth year, The International takes place at the KeyArena in Seattle August 3-8.