RUMOR: Hacked DB (of Codies or AMD.)
EDIT:
oh, lol: http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/codemasters-website-store-and-database-hacked/
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So that explains why there were so many Dirt 3 keys being given away by a russian guy. Apparently he got banned but I'm still kinda worried because my friend IRL happened to win one of his giveaways
Cult, care to enlighten us a little on what happened?
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If it's from a Russian forum I wouldn't register it... your liable to get your account suspended.
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I suggest you to contact steam before they "contact" you.
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Official and also stolen. You can be pretty certain Codemasters will inform Steam of all the stolen keys and they'll be revoked.
Whether the accounts associated with them will be suspended remains to be seen but I'm guessing it's likely.
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According to Steam's policy:
"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended: Piracy or Hacking
This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."
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It is denying the game-developers income for the time spent making the games. Stealing game keys is not only unethical, but just as bad as stealing from a greengrocer or a market stall. You should be ashamed of yourself. I have never seen anyone so hopelessly self-indulgent and ignorant.
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User does not violate SSA by activating this code. Steam Support can withdraw the game from your account but they have no reason to block your account.
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False. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZC-5519
"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended:
Piracy or Hacking
This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."
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These aren't CD keys though, they're Steam activation codes. Dirt 3 cannot be activated on Steam using a Dirt 3 CD Key.
Publishers themselves have given away Steam activation codes on sites like Twitter and Facebook. Surely using those won't get your account banned even though they've been published on the internet.
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http://forum.csmania.ru/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7261&p=643495&hilit=dirt+3#p643495
Steam can just remove dirt from your account
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The list is here [http://pastebin.com/ruP404gK]
Use at your own risk.
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I got all my keys legit so ... for me no point of being worried. But hopefully noone will be scammed with one of those keys.
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no steam sale, massive dirt3 leak, massive dirt3 giveways here = don't enter on the giveways !!
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If you won a DIRT 3 giveaway, you probably should check the code with those which were stolen. So you won't get punished for activating stolen key. I could give you guys a link with the stolen keys but I don't think that admins and Coedmasters aswell would like this idea.
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how do you know your key isn't in this leaked list, but existed in whole leaked list?
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https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZC-5519
"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended:
Piracy or Hacking
This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."1
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Reports are coming in of copies of dirt3 being removed from accounts. Codemasters is apparently aware of the leak and working with steam to solve this issue. So far only forum chatter, will post credible source when found.
Remember Check your Keys here "http://pastebin.com/ruP404gK"
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that is a relief for those that got them... how far back in terms of the giveaways can we expect that the codes to be "impure"?
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2500 keys have leaked on a russian forum. There is a chance your Steam account will be suspended for using one of those codes, so you should probably NOT enter DiRT 3 giveaways.
Edit: Maybe they'll just remove the game from your account. Is it worth risking? You decide.
According to Steam's policy:
"There is a Zero-Tolerance policy for any violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and Online Code of Conduct. All accounts in a user's possession for any of the following activities will be suspended: Piracy or Hacking
This includes using an unauthorized ("hacked") Steam client to access Steam, attempting to register fake CD Keys or attempting to register a CD Key which has been published on the internet."
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