For 13 years, Gabe Newell’s Steam account has remained unhackable.
Among the millions of Steam users worldwide, there is only one person who generates much more interest than others: Gabe Newell himself. The founder of Valve and the father of Half-Life, as expected, has his own account in the store, and many of us wouldn’t mind taking a peek into his personal cabinet and discussing what’s in there. If you are thinking, “I wish I had his login and password to do this”, then there is good and bad news for you. The good news is that we have all of Gabe’s data for Steam. The bad news is that they won’t be of any use to you.
If you care about your Steam account and have activated all the security measures offered by Valve, then you have most likely used Steam Guard. The Steam two-factor authentication method was launched in March 2011 after a beta testing period and made the platform much more secure than before. To demonstrate it, Gabe himself issued a challenge to the world: log into my Steam account without my consent. As a help, he provided us with his username and password.
“We are going to publish my username and password. My username is GabeN@valvesoftware.com, and the password is MoolyFTW. You can try to hack and steal my account, but you won’t succeed,”
Newell declared at the German technology expo CeBIT 2011, daring the world to try to take control of his account.
It is not surprising that no one has been able to steal Gabe’s account in 2011 or in the 13 years since then. Yes, Steam Guard is not infallible, but where it fails now is beyond Steam’s control and can be traced back to associated email accounts. Since no one has had access to Gabe Newell’s corporate email, his Steam profile remains secure.
By the way, if you’re curious about what Gabe Newell’s profile looks like on Steam, know that he uses his “lifetime” nickname. Valve’s founder uses the account Rasbscuttle, and although you can add him as a friend, it is very unlikely that he will respond or accept you. It’s better to leave him alone, he is surely very busy.
Today, Steam has strengthened its security and added the option to use your mobile phone as a “key” to the account, but in 2011, the introduction of 2FA in Steam was a significant event. This undoubtedly speaks to Valve’s trust in Steam Guard, as well as its quality as a security method.
Original from www.playground.ru
