>Valve has finally apologized for last week’s Steam Christmas disaster, explaining in a lengthy statement today that the issues stemmed from a Denial of Service attack and wound up exposing the information of around 34,000 users.
>Valve said they’re still working to identify the affected users and will contact them once the process is complete.
>Valve's statement
>On December 25th, a configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam Store pages generated for other users. Between 11:50 PST and 13:20 PST store page requests for about 34k users, which contained sensitive personal information, may have been returned and seen by other users.
>The content of these requests varied by page, but some pages included a Steam user’s billing address, the last four digits of their Steam Guard phone number, their purchase history, the last two digits of their credit card number, and/or their email address. These cached requests did not include full credit card numbers, user passwords, or enough data to allow logging in as or completing a transaction as another user.
>Valve is currently working with our web caching partner to identify users whose information was served to other users, and will be contacting those affected once they have been identified. As no unauthorized actions were allowed on accounts beyond the viewing of cached page information, no additional action is required by users.
>Early Christmas morning, the Steam Store was the target of a DoS attack which prevented the serving of store pages to users. During the Christmas attack, traffic to the Steam store increased 2000% over the average traffic during the Steam Sale.
>During the second wave of this attack, a second caching configuration was deployed that incorrectly cached web traffic for authenticated users. This configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam Store responses which were generated for other users.
It's nice to know Valve has the situation under control. Thank you Gaben!
When do we get free games?
So are we getting a free game?
>>322048928
Where are my free games?
>>322049035
>>322049126
You don't jackass. Only 34,000 out of Steam's 100,000,000 users were affected and even then it wasn't a big deal.
>>322049193
Well I wasnt affected when sony fucked up but I still got my free games
>>322049193
So? Even one person being affected is a travesty and reparations are needed.
Free games when?
>>322049193
No, all users were affected, but 34000 were affected more.
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
>>322049321
>>322049385
>>322049386
>go to subway
>order a $5 footlong
>sandwich artist rings up my order
>accidentally loses me receipt
>notice the next day that I didn't get my receipt
>go back to Subway and cry for a free footlong because my "private information was compromised"
That's how retarded you sound like right now.
>>322049435
The subway I go to has a sign that says if they ever forget to give you a receipt the meal is free.
>>322049528
Was about to post this, most places do this.
>>322049435
>subway gives my receipt away to some random guy
>does this for 34,000 people
>not a problem
So what will the free game be?
FREE
>>322049528
>>322049605
That's freaking bullcrap and you know it.
>>322049619
GAME
>>322049435
Are you the guy giving free games?
>>322049435
>>322049718
>yum Gaben's cock is so tasty
>>322049872
THERE WILL BE NO FREE GAMES
lol @ poorfags desperate for free games
valve is a shit but so are you, just pirate them you fags
>>322049931
Free games?
Where?
>>322049718
It's actually not. You may not live in the first world, or may still be young enough for it to not be an issue, but that's pretty important information.
I mean, it's not my social or credit card info, but it's still pretty not cool.
Reminder that posts that praise Gaben are a clear indicator of underage
>>322050103
As are the retards constantly bringing up Gabe, when no one is talking about him.
Fallout 4 for everyone!
Didn't totalfaggot say it was definitely not a DoS attack and people spewing this don't know what it even is?
>>322049435
>>322049718
endurself
>>322050223
Party hard.
>>322049193
34,000 users is still 34,000 too many. Yes, it was bad luck for those actually affected, but it could just as easily have been YOU who got affected by it, and then you probably wounldn't be dismissing this as "not a big deal". Personal data leakage, however accidental it is, is not something you can just brush off like that and sweep under the rug.
>>322050205
Not that guy, but
>>322049914
>>322049605
Even if you got your "free game" you wouldn't even play it for more than 5 minutes you fucking faggot
>>322049193
>Full name, Address, and Phone Number revealed
>Not a big deal
How can you be so retarded?
>>322050037
That's not why businesses do that, it prevents the employee from pocketing the money during cash transactions.
>>322050252
Nice meme.
Did you get it from reddit?
>>322050301
>Sniper Elite V2 was free to all
>Played it for close to 150 hours because the MP was actually kinda fun
Hey. I'm having fun for >5 minutes. What now?
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
>>322049386
>>322049619
Look at all of these niggers looking for handouts. Get a job poorfags.
Everyone can get your name and your address through the internet .
>>322048928
When is Steam going to die, Jesus Christ I'm fucking sick of it.
>holds your games hostage
>no way to escape it, even "boxed" copies of games are just links to a steam download
>valve gives 0 shits about protecting the personal data of their users
>shitty social media integration has spawned a mass of toxic cunt profiles with "muh steam levels" epeen faggots
>>322049193
Check those emails.
Let the lottery begin.
>>322050287
You do realize Target, who lost FULL CREDIT CARD INFORMATION to hackers and not to some bug in the code, only apologized with
>lel here's some free credit monitoring!!
>>322050301
It depends on it it's a good free game.
>>322050471
PalmDesert is up to 856.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/palmdesert
He was 800 literally yesterday.
>>322050424
I stockpile rare Wojaks since the Pepe market crash
People really blew this whole situation out of the water.
It was shitty that the store was down for a while, sure, and that people could like what, see your profile? But your personal data hasn't been fucking compromised. I don't think the phrase "making a mountain out of a molehill" has ever been more apt.
inb4 I get called a valve cocksucker or some shit I'm not defending them as a company for fucking up like this but people really need to stop acting like something this insignificant was the end of the world. There was an apology which frankly is about as much as something like this deserves.
>IMMA SUCH A GREAT DATA PROTECTION ACTIVIST GUYS
>VALVE IS LIKE CORPORATE MAAANN
>MAAAAN I REALLY HATE VALVE
Reminder that only niggers and subhumans use steam, White Men use gog
So am I getting a free game?
>>322050706
MODS
WE'RE BEING SHILLED
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
>>322049321
>>322049386
>>322049605
>>322049872
>>322050006
The 34,000 users who were affected might get a free game. But you probably aren't one of them.
>>322050667
There have been some monetary issues, believe it or not.
Besides
>guy gets your email and brute forces your password
there was also an issue where if you got Steam funds as they shut down the shop, the charge was sent to your card but you received no funds and had to deal with Steam Support for 5 days because they didn't work Christmas Weekend.
Valve has the worst DRM system in place.
>>322050690
dude weed lmao etc
>>322048928
Did they actualy say sorry? Or "we apologise"?
>>322050706
no gaems
>>322050706
frig off 8gog
>>322050954
they will to the people who were actually compromised. not you.
I messed around and logged into sites which wasn't recommended, wonder if I'll get any free games
>>322049435
This is a combination of /r9k/'s bitterness and /v/'s shit analogies. Fucking brilliant.
>people thinking it will be free game
>and not a tf2 hat and not a unique hat either
>it will be some random uncommon hat
>>322050630
why do people suck up to this guy?
>yfw everyone gets a copy of Bad Rats
>>322050361
because i live with my mom and never had a credit card or a job, whats the big deal having your information leaked?
>>322050954
``What are you gonna do? Stop using steam? with all that money you have spent on us?´´
How much is valve paying you shills?
>>322051238
> everyone gets a copy of Gender Bender DNA twister extreme or Shower with your dad 2015
>>322051050
They damn well better.
>>322051391
>everyone gets a free copy of Major/Minor courtesy of the developer himself.
>This is actually something he'd do, since he is only making the game so he can have his own Steam background.
>>322051316
well since they let me go last week i might as well admit it, its 6 cents per post.
>>322051238
>everyone gets some free cosmetic shit in Dota2
>its all crates
>>322050667
>your personal data hasn't been fucking compromised
Full name, address, and email are pretty important details m98.
>>322051545
crates dont have keys anymore so they would just be giving you items.
>>322051567
Great post. You really contributed.
>>322051567
Atleast you can gift games on Steam.
Xbox/Playstation has no such feature.
>>322051628
Wrong
>>322050630The effects of the winter sale badge are kinda cool
>>322051545
>they give you CS:GO crates
>full of fucking 5 cent Negev skins
B-but Valve doesn't have to apologize! L-legally they are in the clear! I posted my name, address and all other info in the other thread to prove a point!
>>322051628
Important details a majority of people, who use steam, give away freely on a day to day basis.
>>322052275
>to prove a point
There is a difference between willingly giving out ones own information and losing information that you are legally responsible for.
>>322052323
The idea is that the information doesn't become available to the general public though. I.e. this entire fiasco.
>>322049435
jesus fucking christ, can't you shills at least try to understand both the pros and cons?
I remember there was a Kotaku thread a while back and the shill there used the exact fucking same kind of food analogy.
>>322052323
>Hello unknown russian
>here is my name
>adress
>phone number
>credit card
please make good use of my identity
*unzip fedora*
>>322052554
But a majority of that information IS available to the general public already. Even more so if you're a US citizen.
>>322050706
gog is only good for old games that normally run like shit on modern computers
>>322049435
>person making the sandwich has no creative input, has to take your order exactly
>"artist"
>>322049435
>subway fives your address, phone number, full name, and credit card info to 34000 random people
>subway doesn't do jack shit about it the entire time its happening
>sorry fuckers not our problem
>>322050762
yep, free csgo
>>322052842
That's just what they're called, you insecure autist
>>322050225
He said people were conflating what appeared to be a hack to people with previous threats of a DoS in a panic, overlooking that a DoS is, obviously, not a hack. He then went on to say it may have been a problem with how Steam was trying to prevent that same DoS.
>>322052913
except you can't see any of that shit besides name and email
what the fuck are you going to do with 4 digits of a credit card?
fucking retards i swear
>>322056342
Watch the TBinb4 >TBvideo about it. If you were buying something and the page was cached, you could potentially have more information than that leaked.
>>322056532
>TB
>>322050478
google your username every faggot who got his information leaked was posted all around the net
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
Valve does not serve you, peasant. You serve Valve
>>322049435
Why does /v/ ALWAYS fall back on fucking food analogies? I'm beginning to think Subway themselves are shilling here.
>>322057276
> I'm beginning to think Subway themselves are shilling here.
You need to take a break from 4chan
>>322049605
>>322049435
>>322049180
>>322049126
>Free game
>Solitaire deluxe
>>322057502
Fuck off Subway shill
Jimmy Johns is better anyway
>>322050630
>Who is guy?
>>322057656
> Jimmy Johns
LAMO.
They literally only put 3 slices of meat on their sandwiches
>>322057276
>>322057502
And while you're on your break, why not come down to Subway and get one of our new Footlongs™?
>>322050225
I think the current theory is that the leak was a consequence of the steps Valve took to mitigate the DoS attack.
DoS attack itself didn't cause the leak (and it never could have), but Valve fucked up in deploying their anti-DoS measures and caused the leak.
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
>>322049386
>>322049619
>>322049750
>>322050006
>>322050223
>>322050762
I want poorfags and underage to leave
Also shoot yourself, your family especially your mother have cancer
>>322048928
>>Valve has finally apologized for last week’s Steam Christmas disaster, explaining in a lengthy statement today that the issues stemmed from a Denial of Service attack and wound up exposing the information of around 34,000 users.
how do you know if you're one of these 34000?
My steam store turned to spanish when I was browsing it, does that count?
>>322048928
>this thing still
slow week
All games on PC are free. What are you retards talking about?
It's 2016. Corporations have absolutely no checks, balances, or obligations. If Valve felt like tossing out your social security number tomorrow you'd just need to fucking hold that shit
>>322049193
What about all the people that had to stay offline on Steam out of fear that their shit will be exposed? Are they not also affected indirectly?
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
>>322049386
>>322049321
>>322049385
Niggers.
Also, why the fuck would someone want to DDoS a gaming company?
>>322058047
That means you saw someone else's cached page.
>>322058263
> n*****s
Back to /pol/ you go
>>322058047
If you accessed the Steam Store, chances are you were one of them.
>>322058381
back to tumblr you go
>>322058343
>>322058435
nice
where's my reparations?
>>322050706
>gog
>literally paying for abandonware
Get fucked shill
>>322058493
>where's my reparations?
No, that means you have to pay reparations for hacking Steam.
>>322048928
This caused my
It's weird because I don't even use it much, they just started sending odd photos to my friends and family and changed my password.
>>322058479
I'd rather tumblrtards than /pol/
>>322049435
Stop fucking copying and pasting this shit
>>322058512
>meanwhile steam sells shit like myst and doom but sell them identical to as they were sold at release, so none of them work on a modern PC without tons of hoops
Atleast GOG games work.
>>322057971
How thell do anti-DoS measure even end up with the shit we got?
>>322058493
Why not come down to Subway™ for your free footlong meatball sub with your choice of free cheese?
>>322049435
My favorite is still the heroin sandwhich one
>>322058381
2/10, very weak anon.
>>322058381
hello newfriend and welcome to 4chan
>>322058139
Well people don't have any either so it's a fair trade.
>>322059063
Haha, everyone can see through your shilling. He should obviously come to McDonalds™ for a Big Mac™ with Large Fries™ and a Coke™
>>322058139
ABSOLUTELY
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>>322059189
That isn't true, though. People have tons of obligations and can be financially ruined by lawsuits. It has been beaten into societies head you cannot ever challenge a corporation via the courts as they will always win even if they should not
>>322050361
Night you can find that shit on a Facebook page
>>322049435
Why is it that these people can't distinguish the difference between food and video games. These analogies are getting Dobson tier.
>>322059137
>>322058381
>le edgy internet club XD
>>322059659
On /v/, it's either that or an analogy about eating shit
>"My stuff should only be exposed to whomever I declare as okay, anything else is a violation! Potential damages are still damages! I'm entitled to compensation!"
The argument of those at the top of the copyright towers that want to lock the technological world down with DRM and surveillance and rape every living thing raw for the sake of profit?
Or the argument of a few hundred losers who just want free shit? You decide!
>>322059776
>/v/ - Subway shills and scat fetishists
Makes sense.
>>322059830
Personal data != Stuff someone has to create.
>>322059771
>stooping as low as ironic redditposting
You want this to be a site for the whole family, then?
http://steamcommunity.com/id/crowfeathers/recommended/330820/
Man, sometimes user reviews are ok on steam.
so how do we get the free fucking games? fuck valve they're as incompetent as consoles we should at least get free games like they do
>>322058381
>>322049718
>freaking bullcrap
Are you fucking 12?
The amount of bait and salt in this thread is staggering
>>322053498
No, they're called employees, sub-human slaves, dregs, my bitch, fucking servant.
Applying the term artist to someone who isn't even qualified to prepare the bread or meatballs I order them to assemble is about the most erroneous use of that word possible.
>>322048928
>Only have the junk email account I use linked to steam
>No other personal information except bank card
>During this whole shit the details were deleted even though I never deleted them
Does this mean I'll get a free game? I'm pretty sure people saw my shit, though there wasn't much to see and someone clicked the remove card details link.
>>322059031
They added a new caching service to the system, which on it's own isn't a bad idea since it takes some stress of the backend servers (the ones getting hammered by the DoS attack).
If nothing has changed on the 'my account' page, you can easily serve a static copy of the page from the cache instead of submitting queries to the actual servers.
The problem was that they misconfigured the access rights on the caching server: instead of limiting each user account to only their own page, everybody had access to other people's pages on the server.
I don't know how it ended up with people seeing random accounts though.
>>322060984
Edgy
Somewhere out there, maybe some here, players got their wishlists improved by me.
During the couple hours this was happening, i went and deleted every weebo piece of shit game from the wishlists in the accounts were i landed.
>>322057046
>search [username] steam
>Steam showers for me
>How to iron trousers
Think I'm safe
>>322061828
So tell me how to iron trousers.
>Make Holiday 2015 Badge
>Steam profile shows now christmas decoration
HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF
>>322061931
Too much to post, ironing your trousers is a rock solid task apparently.
So wheres the free game?
>>322062537
Well shit. If that is hard imagine having to iron overalls.
>>322060984
Have you met the average artist? They're the most likely to end up working at subway because art rarely pays the bills.
>>322049035
>>322049126
>>322049180
bernie voters
>>322049435
>sandwich artist
no way they actually use that fucking term
>>322049435
Stop with your retarded food analogies amerifatlard
>>322048928
>34,000
Could be worse
>The 2011 PlayStation Network outage was the result of an "external intrusion" on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised
>>322063063
They do, they also call their training courses "subway university".
>WHERE MY FREE GAMES
You people do realise Valve isn't giving away someones else's games, right? You're going to get a Valve game if anything happens at all. Which ones do you not fucking own at this point?
Enjoy your spare copy of Portal 2.
>>322063063
That is how low level positions work, they give a title that doesn't actually fit your job. Like for my workplace a "Sales Associate" is actually a "Worthless Peon"
>>322063213
Cry!
>>322063063
As a former Subway employee, I can say for certain that they actuallydo use that fucking term, saw it on the register when they made my login back when I was hired. It cracked me up
>>322063096
>77 million people have playstation accounts
>No PS4 games have more than a few million sales.
What the fuck?
While I can see people getting pissed off about this, this was probably akamai's fault or something, not Valve's
>>322049180
>>322049126
>>322049035
>Valve didn't give out Portal for Christmas
Enjoy your free portal cuckos
>>322049718
you can say fucking bullshit, kiddo
>>322050706
They never have Winter/Summer Sales. Games always are $9.99 forever
>>322050471
I never liked the fact that my games are locked behind a program. I cant wait for Steam to die so we can go back to the good old days of disc checks.
>>322067516
>They never have Winter/Summer Sales
Jack Keane 2
As compensation, I think Valve owes it to us to develop and release Half-Life 3
