On: Steam loses user database

[seunghomattyang]

I highly doubt Valve's database is more complex than Apple's or Amazon's database. You never hear about theirs being compromised to the same extent as Valve's.

[vacri → seunghomattyang]

Given Apple's propensity to stomp on any negative publicity, they could have had a dozen similar issues and never disclosed them. Hardly a fair comparison.

[sukuriant → seunghomattyang]

But I imagine if Apple's or Amazon's databases were compromised, it would quite likely be to a similar extent.

Once you can perform a select statement, extracting data becomes pretty easy.