There would be no, or at least much less cause to panic if we had any sort of idea at all of what is going on, their reluctance to comment could very well mean anything, but in some ways I'm more inclined to think the worst of such a delay, not the best.
-----Original Message----- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of msleeper Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 17:45 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach Yes, panicking and being reactionary is always the best course of action. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Nathan Radcliffe <kugr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thinking the worst is the best thing to do in this situation. Until Valve > release some indication of what account details (if any) have > been compromised it's easiest to assume all details have been, and advise > all users to look over their account security. Steamguard works great if > you have different passwords for your steam account and steam forums and > email, but I still know a lot of users both in gaming areas and real life > areas that use the same password for everything (despite how much I > discourage it). > > Everyone is speculating because Valve have not released any details as to > what has been comprised. After nearly 48 hours that's pretty unacceptable > from a multi-million user company. > > On 9 November 2011 01:19, DontWannaName! <ad...@topnotchclan.com> wrote: > >> I think you are thinking the worst. All someone needs to post what they did >> is access to the VB admin CP which just requires an admin. My guess is it >> isnt as bad as people are making it out to be and right now everyone is >> speculating the worst. Just chill.... >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Nathan Radcliffe <kugr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Correct, but where else should it be posted? On the forums maybe? It's >> > been nearly two days, and still no official press release. A few people >> > have reported receiving spam emails and I've seen unconfirmed reports of >> > password databases being leaked. >> > I don't have much doubt that most people on this list have good password >> > management, but I'm sure there's still millions of forums users unaware >> > that any hack happened, or if they are aware, how it may have effected >> > them. >> > >> > On 8 November 2011 20:05, msleeper <mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com> wrote: >> > >> > > This is not relevant to server administration. >> > > >> > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, m33crob <ad...@m33crob.com> wrote: >> > > > 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-at tack/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
