Thats been beggin to be done for a long time, Its also not the first time its happened.
A good while ago while CS was still under the old management the CS main servers were brought to its knee's by a hacker crew, this was because one of them got banned, CS-Site had no alternative but to lift the ban and allow them to play again, At the same time they launched an investigation to find out how they did it and to try and catch those responsible, when they got close to finding out they made the horrible mistake of leaving their Intel on one of their networked machines, a hacker found it and CS was again taken to its knee's, they dropped all investigations shortly after in fear of having their service taken offline for good.
Steam is a very big target because it serves so many people, the second you start to effect so many people its only a matter of time before one of them happens to know his way around the internet, and only a matter of time before you/thecompany/steam pisses them off enough to make them start digging.
Hacking isn't bad, its not something people should be screaming about and saying kill all hackers or hunt them down(i know no one said but) Its not the hacker community, its the individual hacker that should be held accountable, not the mass.
Although the action, and thought of what he has control over is scary, the end result will be a positive one, Steam will bolster their secuirty, improve services and all round make the system better to counter any further attacks.
A good while ago while CS was still under the old management the CS main servers were brought to its knee's by a hacker crew, this was because one of them got banned, CS-Site had no alternative but to lift the ban and allow them to play again, At the same time they launched an investigation to find out how they did it and to try and catch those responsible, when they got close to finding out they made the horrible mistake of leaving their Intel on one of their networked machines, a hacker found it and CS was again taken to its knee's, they dropped all investigations shortly after in fear of having their service taken offline for good.
Steam is a very big target because it serves so many people, the second you start to effect so many people its only a matter of time before one of them happens to know his way around the internet, and only a matter of time before you/thecompany/steam pisses them off enough to make them start digging.
Hacking isn't bad, its not something people should be screaming about and saying kill all hackers or hunt them down(i know no one said but) Its not the hacker community, its the individual hacker that should be held accountable, not the mass.
Although the action, and thought of what he has control over is scary, the end result will be a positive one, Steam will bolster their secuirty, improve services and all round make the system better to counter any further attacks.