Who here plays CSGO ? I do... even tho it's one of the most toxic FPS game of the century. CSGO players have been warned about a common exploit that allows hackers to steal passwords. Valve has apparently known about this exploit for months and they chose to do nothing about it.
The Secret Club, a non-profit reverse-engineering group, has discovered the exploit more than two years now. They claim to have brought it to Valve’s attention back then. However, it has never been acknowledged, let alone fixed.
Now, they’ve decided to finally open up about it after claiming Valve has prevented them from publicly disclosing it for years. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
He pointed that, the exploit allows hackers to access a user’s data using Steam invites. It’s tied to a remote code execution flaw that affects all source engine games, including CSGO.
“Two years ago, a secret club member reported a remote code execution flaw affecting all source engine games. It can be triggered through a Steam invite. This has yet to be patched, and Valve is preventing us from publicly disclosing it.”
Unfortunately, that’s only the beginning. A hacker can use the remote code execution flaw to practically do anything they want on a user’s system, including accessing data and running programs.
Last but not least, The Secret Club members also revealed the scariest news of all. Hackers can also host community servers, send remote code executions to everyone in the lobby, and run a script to steal their passwords and skins, and even infect their hard drive with malware.
It’s already bad enough that CSGO hacks like, aimbot, wallhack and etc exists. But this exploit that enable these hackers to steal user's password and other confidential data, man, players will have to think twice about playing CSGO if they care about their data.
However, it’s more concerning that Valve has supposedly known about it for a while now and not fixed it, let alone swept it under the rug. They are yet to issue a statement on the matter.
If you are concerned about giving away your precious data booting up CS:GO, you might have stay away from the game for now.
C'mon Valve, get you sh*t together. There are still CS fans out there. Tbh, I have played less CSGO these days due to the hacks, but this.... is not acceptable. Now I know why Steam kept sending me emails that says that someone's trying to access my account in various location with various ip addresses.
If you're like me, who's already sick of the game, do give Valorant a try.
Until then,
~balans~