How do you know it's unencrypted? On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:26 PM, dmex <dme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't worry, He'll be fine after his nappy gets changed ;) > > I am a bit annoyed Gabe didn't mention all the unencrypted personal > information stored on the same Steam database the hackers now have, It's > more than enough to pull off really good social engineering/phishing > attacks > and maybe even some ID theft. > > At minimum your Steam account contains the following unencrypted personal > details: > First & Last name, Date of birth, Billing address, City, State, Zipcode, > Country and telephone number. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of msleeper > Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 8:59 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach > > Never has a more irrational or reactionary mail been posted to this list. > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > On 10/11/2011 23:55, DontWannaName! wrote: > >> > >> If you haven't noticed, most credit card companies have very good > >> fraud prevention now. What's the worst they can do? I mean it's bad, > >> but really not the end of the world. You guys are just causing > >> unneeded drama about an issue that they are handling internally. > > > > It's not the end of the world, no. That was May 21st. And again in > October. > > > > The end of the world I can handle, I've lived through enough, but it > > is the end of steam as a viable service I can trust. > > > > It wasn't that long ago Gabe was giving away his password with a kind > > of "hack me if you can" bravado to advertise Steam Guard (and clearly > > from myriad internet posts many think Steam is secure because of it) > > > > But it isn't. > > > > There's only one game dev / publisher that has a database that has my > > name, address, CC info and anything of value attached to it. > > That one is Steam. > > > > So, one by one, as other developers have been hacked, I've been > > thinking "At least it's not steam, if they get that, I'm outta here" > > > > But I see nowhere to go forwards. Gabe's "we'll reopen the forums > > asap" I find almost unbelievably trite as though he's hoping so long > > as we can argue about how overpowered the heavy is/isn't next week > > we'll carry on regardless as though nothing happened :/ > > > > The way I see it, either Valve were incompetent (unlikely since I'm > > sure Gabe said in interview they'd looked at their systems after the > > other companies were hacked like Sony and so on) or you cannot secure > > a system no matter how competent you are. > > > > Either way, I may as well just take cash to the store or find a > > different hobby. > > If I get mugged on the way there or back, at least I might get a > > description of who did it. > > > > -- > > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
