Ruby Nealon

Ruby Nealon is an English computer security researcher. At the age of 14, he left secondary school to pursue a full-time bachelor's degree at the University of Salford. Nealon said he has had an interest in computer security from a young age, with his first vulnerability acknowledgement dating back to when he was 11.
Watch Paint Dry
In March 2016, Nealon exploited a chain of technical and social engineering vulnerabilities in the Steam digital distribution platform, allowing him to release content to the service's store immediately and bypassing review procedures put in place by Valve, the developers of the service. Nealon released "Watch Paint Dry", a short RPG Maker game featuring a picture of his bedroom wall and requiring no skill or decisions from the player. Nealon claimed to have emailed Valve in January to responsibly disclose the issues but received no response. Nealon was able to retain product keys for the game on Steam, which he publicly sold off the platform for as high as $40, despite typical gameplay lasting under a minute in length.

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