Earlier today, the source code for Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Team Fortress 2 (TF2) were leaked on 4chan and uploaded on Torrent sites for free download.
It all started when a Reddit account going by the online handle of /iShaugrrz published a screenshot displaying several compressed files. The Redditor claimed that these files contained unreleased source mods, CS:GO source code as of Operation Hydra and TF2 code as of Jungle Inferno.
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Initially, it was feared that hackers would use the data to target Steam accounts since CS:GO turned out to be one of the biggest success on Steam. One Reddit users /SauceSRfun asked,
“So basically if I play either game I run a risk of hackers managing to damage my computer or something I assume?.” In response, another user /MovinThatGearUp claimed, “They’ve found a Remote Code Execution exploit (RCE) bug which allows hackers to do exactly that.”
