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  1. 06-01-2014, 10:30 AM #1
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    News - Increased security, 10-user limit applied to Steam Family Sharing

    Two-step authentication and measures to prevent unjust cheat bans implemented.
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  2. 06-01-2014, 08:08 PM #2
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    Re: News - Increased security, 10-user limit applied to Steam Family Sharing

    Waited until the last day of the Christmas sales on Steam to get the best deals, those morons DDOS'd the steam servers or whatever and I couldn't purchase anything nor access account services. Sucks. Thanks to the anti-social emos from derp, /golfclap.
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    Re: News - Increased security, 10-user limit applied to Steam Family Sharing

    Are you sure it was a DDoS attack? Maybe the Christmas sales attracted so many customers that they overwhelmed Valve's servers.
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    Re: News - Increased security, 10-user limit applied to Steam Family Sharing

    Quote Originally Posted by valhar2000 View Post
    Are you sure it was a DDoS attack? Maybe the Christmas sales attracted so many customers that they overwhelmed Valve's servers.
    It's been claimed as a DDoS attack, apparently hit Origin too, although I don't think anyone would have noticed that.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01...ng_ddos_spate/
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    It was because Valve gave away L4D2 for free and the servers were overloaded by people trying to get the free game.
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