A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
Summary
A huge leak of more than 12 terabytes of data from Steam's old servers has appeared online. This leak includes almost every game found on Steam from 2003 to 2013, with many versions, including early and test builds. The leaked files come from the Steam2 system, which Valve replaced in 2013 with a newer distribution method.Key Facts
- The leak contains over 12 terabytes of data related to Steam games from 2003 to 2013.
- It includes thousands of game versions, such as public releases and unreleased prototypes.
- The data comes from Steam’s old “Steam2” server system, replaced by SteamPipe in 2013.
- The leak was found on a BitTorrent tracker, making it widely accessible.
- Experts say the data was available through an unprotected public API before being leaked.
- It is unclear if the data was recently accessed or collected quietly over many years.
- Some people in the gaming community had privately saved parts of this data before.
- The leak encourages sharing and mirroring to keep the files available to the public.
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