Euro Truck Simulator 2 Developer Given 1-Year Ban from Steam for Showcasing a Community Exploit That He Repeatedly Told Valve About

[Shawn Zipay]

Valve dished out a 52-week long ban on Thomas Duda, a developer with SCS Software, the studio behind the Euro Truck Simulator series. His ban came after Duda showed off a security exploit in Valve's own Steam Community that would allow for scripts to be run without issue.

He showcased the vulnerability by making the screen shake and play the Harlem Shake. Valve banned him shortly after for "violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement." The issue here is that according to Duda, he tried to inform Valve of the vulnerability multiple times prior to this move on his part. His warning and explanation of the security flaw apparently fell on deaf ears multiple times.

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This is completely absurd on Valve's part, especially if the claims from Duda where he tried to inform them of this are indeed true. This is a means of bringing attention to a major security issue that should have never been an issue in the first place if Valve were vigilant or even if Valve listened to the warnings.