Source code leaks of CS:GO and Team Fortress 2 spark rumors about exploits

ARS Technica reports Valve has been the victim of a data breach as source code of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2, two of the company's biggest competitive multi-player games, hit the web on Tuesday. Valve confirmed the source code is real but send out a message that gamers do not need to worry about hackers finding exploits of remote code execution attacks for CS:GO:

We have reviewed the leaked code and believe it to be a reposting of a limited CS:GO engine code depot released to partners in late 2017, and originally leaked in 2018. From this review, we have not found any reason for players to be alarmed or avoid the current builds (as always, playing on the official servers is recommended for greatest security). We will continue to investigate the situation and will update news outlets and players if we find anything to prove otherwise. In the meantime, if anyone has more information about the leak, the Valve security page (https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/security) describes how best to report that information.

There's no word about Team Fortress 2 in Valve's statement, sparking speculation about possible Team Fortress 2 exploits. At this point, it's unknown whether the leaked source code (which is not recent) can result in exploits that are still viable with the current build of TF2. Gamers better be careful.