Valve Responds to CS:GO and TF2 Source Code Leak

Apr. 23, 2020

The leaked source code of Valve’s two popular multiplayer games –Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveandTeam Fortress 2have been doing the rounds on the internet since yesterday after it first surfaced on 4chan. This created a wave of panic among gamers. CS:GO and TF2 have now issued statements regarding the situation.

Valve recommends playing on the official servers. The company says it will continue investigating the situation and is currently inviting people to report any tips or pieces of information they know regarding the leak through Valve’s security page.

Going by these, if you’re a player of either of these games, you probably don’t have to worry about this leak and can proceed to play the game as you would normally do. Right after the news broke, community servers like Creators.TF made their servers offline but after Valve’s official statement regarding both of these games, they’re now back online.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.