Well, some of his community gamers may well be also users on SPUF, if he has the means to warn about it, I see no problem for him to care and do that warning. If it saved only one, it has done its purpose. It also warns for other location password management etc, so its not a real problem imo. He doesn't need our permission either, its his community, and he can do and care for it in any way he likes.
The only question is if valve will come with a statement regarding it, and maybe tell how much was compromised, so people finally know what measures they may need to take. My guess is that either they are still investigating it (which could be done with a copy of the db), or are rebuilding/updating the forums (more likely imo). I only hope that a load of topics that I followed are still intact etc, but we'll see once they are done. >________________________________ >From: Dan <needa...@ntlworld.com> >To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ><hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 19:49 >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Valve Security Breach > >On 09/11/2011 02:42, Nathan Radcliffe wrote: >> If email address have been exposed and passwords have been exposed, then all >> account details for anyone with no password management system have been >> exposed. I don't run a service for computer security professionals - I run a >> service for gamers. Until Valve release details as to the exposure of this >> attack, neither you nor I fully know what credentials are out in the wild, >> so is better to err on the side of caution. On 9 November 2011 02:09, >> msleeper <mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com> wrote: > >Nathan, you don't run Valve. Including, I imagine, not running steam nor their >vbullitin forums. >Ergo the users are not your users, and any data that may or may not have been >leaked is completely unrelated to any "services" you do or do not run. > >If any email addresses / passwords or anything else relating to any service >you run have been compromised I'd advise you >post that fact to your mailing list for that service. >-- 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
