Probably just a vbulletin exploit (sql injection) or possibly a Valve admin
password was compromised, or just a really angry employee.

Either way I doubt it's a big deal.

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:02 PM, James Ives <[email protected]> wrote:

> Needles to say, there's probably a pretty good reason Steam and the forums
> are separate, just in case of an event like this.
>
> I'm also quite curious as to what is going on.
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 21:07, m33crob <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hello Valve,
>>
>>   I'd like to request notification via these mailing lists once/if Valve
>> makes a statement about todays security breach and subsequent downtime.
>>
>>
>> http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/07/steam-forums-down-after-possible-hacker-attack/
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