According to reports around the Internet, Steam's official forums were hacked last night. Users are reporting that the message board keeps redirecting them to a site run by the hacking group known as "Fknowned."
Despite the redirect, the hacking group has denied involvement, taking its own board down and leaving a note that says it isn't responsible for the attack on Valve's community. Nevertheless, some users also claim that they've received spam emails from Fknowned after getting redirected to its website. The emails advertise Kwnowned's services, promising methods of "dominating" game servers without getting banned for cheating.
It seems unlikely that any sensitive user information was compromised, but it might be a good idea to overhaul your passwords in any case.
Official Steam Forums Hacked. The forums were quickly taken down shortly after [Reddit]
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9:20 AM on 11.07.2011 | 
That's why I like VALVE and their multiple-account system.
And it's the fault of the users, if they use a master password instead of many different.
[Resist arrest]
What? It's just the forums? Oh.
No one will ever believe that you own anything made by Sony. In fact, your all-consuming hatred toward toward Sony has me worried about your health. You make sofik88 looks like a Grateful Dead groupie.
Also, damn, I've fallen into your turn-every-thread-into-a-Sony-thread trap! Argh.
Back on topic, do these hacking groups turn to over-caffeinated 13 year old boys for help with choosing a name?
It actually took me a couple of minutes to understand the name of the hacking group. I was like "F Knowned? wut?" and then it dawned on me and I was disappointed. F Knowned sounded better.
How can you not love that little guys mug you heartless monsters?
Also, I'm pretty sure you all are several thousand times its weight and strength, but I digress...
Yay for days of our lives style hacking drama tho. Makes for a decent read.
I fucking hate spiders especially closeup pics of their heads. However the Jumping Spider is actually quite beautiful
The are the total oppersite to the large house / wolf spiders that are currently invading my house
Also, woo for Steam Guard.
AH FUCK AH FUCK. What the fuck Jim, that scared me. Strangely my eyes feel attracted to it, I have to admit it's cute in a disturbing, nightmarish way. I'd still rather not look at it though.
On topic though, who uses Steam forums anyways?
FUCKING WHY, JIM???!?!?!