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by takoid 1891 days ago
> It was known for years by Valve and it wasn't patched.

This is not true. Once the exploit became known, Valve released an update same day.
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mhh__ 1891 days ago
It seems genuinely unbelievable it was being used for as long as it was without someone finding out
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charcircuit 1891 days ago
If it was known it could have just been low priority since it's a weird bug that doesn't even apply to the built in competitive mode.
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noxvilleza 1891 days ago
According to pro players, this isn't true - Pita claimed he contacted Valve's twitter a long period of time before the whole ESIC investigation blew up.
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