You Might Want To Avoid Counter-Strike 2 For A Bit Due To Potential Security Risk
Several Redditors and Streamers are bringing attention to this.
Counter-Strike 2's code could be an open door for others in your lobby to obtain your IP address and potentially alter code on your PC. This is according to multiple sources across Twitter and Reddit.
⚠️ Be Careful, a new Exploit has been discovered on Counter-Strike 2. It allows the attacker to recover the IPs of players from the server. ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/YBCtIR6z5z
— CS2 Anti-Cheat Vaccoin 🪙 (@vaccoin) December 11, 2023
While this exploit could be very serious indeed, it looks like Valve may have quietly issued a fix for the security breach.
Valve made an Update to Counter-Strike 2 without a Patch Note. It appears that fixes the latest Exploit. 🚫 pic.twitter.com/L803IDRVRK
— CS2 Anti-Cheat Vaccoin 🪙 (@vaccoin) December 11, 2023
There's been no word on any of this from the official Counter-Strike 2 channels at the time of this writing, but I would urge caution before logging into the shooter today.
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