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Posted July 15, 2013
lol, this reminds me of all that *brings out the popcorn* or "catholic shitstorm in 3... 2... 1..." when nothing really happens.

Trolls gonna troll, it seems?
Posted July 15, 2013
Uh, I was searching the Steam Mass Effect forum section for some info just minutes ago, do I need to change my Steam password?
Posted July 15, 2013
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Punished_Snake: Just try to go on the official forum, and they redirect you to a Twitter message :l
Yay! My nefarious scheme worked! \o/
Now all those steamites have no choice but come to GoG and leave their money here! :-)

JK. Of course I would never hack anything and get my hands steamy. But coming to GoG is always a good idea. :-)
Posted July 15, 2013
This may be their way to phase out the old forums. They've been pushing the community discussions to take its place anyway.
Posted July 15, 2013
Oh now I see, that forum uses a separate login. I've never used that forum so I guess i'm safe.
Posted July 15, 2013
The sad reality of servers is that if people with the right skills really really want to hack you, you will get hacked.

The attack surface of your typical web server is huge, it is composed of many components that you won't have direct control over and while you time is spent developing the entire web site with tons of parts, other people will spend all their time examining a single potentially vulnerable part under a microscope. You might spend a couple of hours to code it, they'll spend days finickling with it trying to find a problem.

This is why proper mitigation strategies beat a "we won't get hacked" mindset any day. Things like not storing tons of user information that you don't need. As long as you make it harder to hack you than it's worth, you should be ok.
Post edited July 15, 2013 by Magnitus
Posted July 15, 2013
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darthspudius: Damn all you DRM worshippers! BAAAAH!
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Shaolin_sKunk: If only entertainers could take a cue from your scalpel-sharp wits.

/sarc
Sharper then the edges of the sun... Sharper then a rectangular sphere! Sharper then the way of the Ultimate Warrior! Hulk... Hogan! *snarl*
Posted July 15, 2013
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OmegaX: This may be their way to phase out the old forums. They've been pushing the community discussions to take its place anyway.
But the old forums still have a LOT of useful information on modding, fixing bugs, game tactics...

If they just delete the forums then all of that will be lost for good.
Posted July 15, 2013
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OmegaX: This may be their way to phase out the old forums. They've been pushing the community discussions to take its place anyway.
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Foxhack: But the old forums still have a LOT of useful information on modding, fixing bugs, game tactics...

If they just delete the forums then all of that will be lost for good.
I was just speculating. It is entirely possible that they'll ask everybody to change their passwords and restore the forums as they were like last time.
The new community has a "Guides" section for each game page. It'd nice if the useful info from the old forums would be migrated to that section.
Posted July 15, 2013
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StingingVelvet: I'm waiting patiently for a special someone to tell us how we all deserved this.
[during a session of self flagellation]
... ouch... wait, you mean to....ugh....to say that...gnn...we don't deserve this?
Posted July 15, 2013
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Punished_Snake: Just try to go on the official forum, and they redirect you to a Twitter message :l
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Lifthrasil: Yay! My nefarious scheme worked! \o/
Now all those steamites have no choice but come to GoG and leave their money here! :-)

JK. Of course I would never hack anything and get my hands steamy. But coming to GoG is always a good idea. :-)
I don't see reason in someone ditching a service because of it's SEPARATE forum counterpart has been breached.

It posses no vulnerability to Steam.
Posted July 15, 2013
AFAIK it's just an Javascript exploit in the forum software, or so the forum post everywhere states
Posted July 15, 2013
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Lifthrasil: Yay! My nefarious scheme worked! \o/
Now all those steamites have no choice but come to GoG and leave their money here! :-)

JK. Of course I would never hack anything and get my hands steamy. But coming to GoG is always a good idea. :-)
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weemanply109: I don't see reason in someone ditching a service because of it's SEPARATE forum counterpart has been breached.

It posses no vulnerability to Steam.
Daaw. Do you HAVE to spoil my dream of a global domination of GOG?
Posted July 15, 2013
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Magnitus: The sad reality of servers is that if people with the right skills really really want to hack you, you will get hacked.

The attack surface of your typical web server is huge, it is composed of many components that you won't have direct control over and while you time is spent developing the entire web site with tons of parts, other people will spend all their time examining a single potentially vulnerable part under a microscope. You might spend a couple of hours to code it, they'll spend days finickling with it trying to find a problem.

This is why proper mitigation strategies beat a "we won't get hacked" mindset any day. Things like not storing tons of user information that you don't need. As long as you make it harder to hack you than it's worth, you should be ok.
This

There is nothing "unhackable" nowadays

There have been people that have hacked into the pentagon for pete's sake, so if people can hack into the motherfucking pentagon, hack wall street, fuck up all of these stocks and shit how can anyone with a straight face say "we are unhackable"?

Sony did it with the PS3 and paid the price for it
Posted July 15, 2013
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weemanply109: I don't see reason in someone ditching a service because of it's SEPARATE forum counterpart has been breached.

It posses no vulnerability to Steam.
Last time steam got hacked it was 'just the forum' as well- and they used that access to get into everything including passwords and credit card numbers.

May not be the same situation this time, but it just being a forum hack is no guarantee that it won't be.
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