Steam, EA and Minecraft is currently hacked by SkidNP.

[Drydess]

I should make my own "hacking" group.

Whenever Steam goes down on Christmas because so many people are using it at the same time, I can say it was hacked by this super 1337 group I'm a part of.

Well, I mean, I don't think they hacked them
but what I'm wondering is whether EA and minecraft are loving up too, cuz steam seems to be the only one nonfunctional for me

[Ad Bot]

[shitlord]

this

[Drydess]

also please fix the grammatical error in the topic title, its bothering me a lot

[Cynic]

you guys act like hacking isn't a very large problem.

hacking nearly 100% of the time is executed in a fashion that makes catching whoever does it very nearly impossible.  this means the people behind it can have any sort of background, and some of these guys are top level IT guys with years of experience under their belt.  the first thing we were taught in my IT class was ethics because the more you learn the more see loopholes and pathways that can be maliciously abused.  no network connection or program can be 100% hack-proof.  I'm not saying this particular instance is being committed by a team of professionals, just that even if it were we wouldn't know, so making petty statements about how their threats are so hollow is a bit shallow itself.

[Refticus]

[Blockchip]

Too late, i touched something.
I am way more scared about this than i probably should be.

[Ipquarx]

no network connection or program can be 100% hack-proof.

this is false
it is 100% possible to have code that's completely free of exploits (And before you tell me the OS can have exploits, the OS is made out of the same kind of code that the software is made in. They can both be made 100% exploit free.)
it's just so difficult to do because absolutely nobody knows how to check if a piece of code is 100% exploit free. There isn't, however, a way to prevent physical attacks that compromise the system and DDoS attacks, those are the two exceptions

[The Resonte!]

[Refticus]

hack the planet!

[Cynic]

this is false
it is 100% possible to have code that's completely free of exploits (And before you tell me the OS can have exploits, the OS is made out of the same kind of code that the software is made in. They can both be made 100% exploit free.)
it's just so difficult to do because absolutely nobody knows how to check if a piece of code is 100% exploit free. There isn't, however, a way to prevent physical attacks that compromise the system and DDoS attacks, those are the two exceptions

I disagree with you completely.  In the world of software there is always some way to alter the execution or output of a program.  Changing the environment, changing it via injection or decompiling and finding the exploits, etc.  Do you not think multi-billion dollar companies would have paid to R&D a program that can store payment information that is 100% secure?  This would already exist if it was possible but with modern day technology, no nothing running on a computer is 100% safe.

[Ragequit]

IM HACKING INTO THE MAINFRAME

[Klarck]

I disagree with you completely.  In the world of software there is always some way to alter the execution or output of a program.  Changing the environment, changing it via injection or decompiling and finding the exploits, etc.  Do you not think multi-billion dollar companies would have paid to R&D a program that can store payment information that is 100% secure?  This would already exist if it was possible but with modern day technology, no nothing running on a computer is 100% safe.

Think of this case: You make a server and when you send that server a packet containing 2 numbers and it returns their sum. If done right its pretty much impossible to exploit it, for any purpose.

[Duck Quackington]

☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: Have you noticed your steam loving up lately
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: on the Store?
DragonoidSlayer: Ur forgeted.
DragonoidSlayer: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3y7r0b/do_not_login_to_any_steam_websites/
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: no seriously
DragonoidSlayer: You are seriously forgeted.
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: so are you
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: you're on steam
DragonoidSlayer: I didnt go on the store or community.
DragonoidSlayer: You can't go into browser steam
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: Community seems safe
DragonoidSlayer: Or cant go into community or store on program
☬[Aimnot.exe]Festive Duck Q.☬: I can enter my profile
DragonoidSlayer: yes

uh

[Ipquarx]

I disagree with you completely.  In the world of software there is always some way to alter the execution or output of a program.  Changing the environment, changing it via injection or decompiling and finding the exploits, etc.  Do you not think multi-billion dollar companies would have paid to R&D a program that can store payment information that is 100% secure?  This would already exist if it was possible but with modern day technology, no nothing running on a computer is 100% safe.

Changing the environment of the computer itself would count as a physical attack.

Take klarcks example, a network that takes a packet with 2 numbers in it and returns the sum of the two, modulo 2³². All it does is find out what the two numbers are, does error checking and rejects anything outside the strict boundries. Clearly, there's no way to exploit this except for a DDoS attack, which again is unpreventable but won't make the server calculate whatever you want.

[Decepticon]

uh

fearmonger

Steam has responded:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/458604254431478327/

"Account information incorrect
We've gotten reports that people sometimes see other people's account information on the account page. Valve has been made aware of this and are working on a fix.

Some frequently asked questions:
- No, Steam is not hacked

- Creditcard info and phone numbers are, as required by law, censored and not visible to users"

You can play games without any issues.