A Steam Bug Would Let You Get Free Keys For Any Game

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    Up to late August Steam has had a bug where it was possible for anyone to grab activation keys for any game on Steam. Fortunately for Valve, a security researcher decided to give Valve a heads-up and...

    A Steam Bug Would Let You Get Free Keys For Any Game
     
    Hilbert Hagedoorn, Nov 13, 2018
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  2. TheDeeGee

    TheDeeGee Ancient Guru

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    Even if i knew i wouldn't have abused it.
     
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    :D
     
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    me neither... not enough To on stockage :D
     
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    mikeysg Ancient Guru

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    I've good good rep at Steam, even if I'd known about this exploit, I'd not have abused it.....I dunno about others, but I do care about my good name.
     
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  6. NewTRUMP Order

    NewTRUMP Order Master Guru

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    Puleez if someone had posted the exploit online, 90% of Russia and China would be playing stolen Valve games.:rolleyes:
     
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  7. Kaarme

    Kaarme Ancient Guru

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    $20,000 is easily enough for Moskowsky to buy a brand new Moskvitch.
     
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    At least it has been patched and they let us know all about it.
     
    RzrTrek, Nov 13, 2018
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    Without any doubt...
     
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    schmidtbag Ancient Guru

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    That's cool Valve paid him (they should have, anyway).
     
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    Me neither, my backlog is already absolutely terrible so I wouldn't want to make it even worse by adding free games :D
     
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  12. StewieTech

    StewieTech Chuck Norris

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    Id would be awake all night getting all the steam library. yeah you know id do it. :p
     
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  13. Sixtyfps

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    People caught doing this should be client banned for life from steam
     
    Sixtyfps, Nov 14, 2018
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    Well it is shoplifting. You're secretly smuggling something out of a store that you normally have to pay for.
     
    RealNC, Nov 16, 2018
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