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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Report: 1.7M Steam keys for Dirt 3 compromised.

    Lists containing at least 1.7 million Steam promotional codes for the off-road racer Dirt 3 were compromised over the weekend.
    Sep 06, 2011 6:15pm PDT
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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Report: 1.7M Steam keys for Dirt 3 compromised.

    Lists containing at least 1.7 million Steam promotional codes for the off-road racer Dirt 3 were compromised over the weekend. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      So if you got one of those codes legitimately via a video card purchase are you screwed as well? : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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        This is my concern, my brother just bought 2 new 6950's and got two free copies of dirt 3. : Strid3rtheGreat
        • Am I your brother? : GrigglePuff
        • So be the first person to use those keys. : WhiskeyFist
        • Thank jeebus. I just used my two this past week. : harpersmells
      • You are affected buy not screwed. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      wouldn't there be a way for steam to discover that the code was phished and account would be locked? : soundcreepy
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        with enough sockets anything is possible. : Sailor of Fortune
        • and a boat in the ocean with irc : DrZettlThis person is cool!
        • Paging Chloe. : shyguy74This person is cool!
      • It's not even like that. The video card comes with a code, and you go to their site and enter the code a... : briktal
    • First the guys girlfriend cheats on him while playing DIRT 2 and now Codemasters is being gangbanged. Thi... : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
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      fuck. some chinese girl on reddit gameswap traded me dirt 3 for cs. lol. oh well I'm keeping it. : GruntyWantsBigNipple
      • Ryuuwantspics : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
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      As long as they kept the list of emails and keys sent then this is easily fixed. Get valve to nuke the ... : BeadyThis person is cool!
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        Ironically enough, they don't keep track of what key went to which box. So effectively, they have to kill... : TheDr7
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          So how do they make sure they don't give out the same code twice? Though if they were retarded enough ... : BeadyThis person is cool!
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            Each code is generated by a computer. But they don't know which code goes with which product. They don't ... : TheDr7
            • I am beginning to think you do not know what you are talking about. : BeadyThis person is cool!
            • They are at a great disadvantage, most people copied the unique ID with the key so if amd were to hand ou... : dioxholster
            • I'm not so sure of this. I recently bought 2 cards, and one of the codes didn't work. I sent an e-mail : harpersmells
            • They've already declared the list of keys was from a .txt file. : SlingBlaze
        • Can't they just give more keys to newegg or whatever and have their customer service deal with it? : aethyr
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        Only if your steam email is the same one your registered with the video card company. I sure as fuck don... : retardhumperThis person is cool!
        • They only need to know which keys were sent out legitimately. Hell, they could just nuke all the keys ... : BeadyThis person is cool!
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      1.7 million just seems ridiculously high to me for a PC racing game. : K1Bond007This person is cool!
      • They're just promo codes. : skinlab133
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      HIJACK I have some extra Dirt 3 promo codes. SM me your email address. First 1.7 million Shackers get one... : drazzThis person is cool!
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        me me me. OMG I was 1700001th? Man I never win. : SlingBlaze
        • Too slow! : drazzThis person is cool!
    • 1.7 million? I had no idea chepitos friends list was so enormous. : re-verseThis person is cool!
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      1.7 million? I had no idea chepitos friends list was so enormous. : re-verseThis person is cool!
      • Argh iPhone double post : re-verseThis person is cool!
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        You got one from him too, eh? : MercFox1
        • Yeah the wife and I thought we were special until we found out we were just 2 out of 1.7 million. : re-verseThis person is cool!