PurpleGaga27 40 Posted November 11, 2011 Yikes: Steam Hacked, Valve Investigating Possible Credit Card Theft A message sent just now from Valve Corporation head Gabe Newell says credit card numbers and other personal information were inside a database compromised during a defacement attack on the Steam forums this Sunday. Valve is advising all of its Steam customers to keep close eye on their credit card activity, as those numbers were inside a database the hackers penetrated during the larger attack, Newell wrote. The Steam Forums are currently closed. Steam itself is operating. "We do not have evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information were taken by the intruders, or that the protection on credit card numbers or passwords was cracked. We are still investigating," Newell wrote. "We don't have evidence of credit card misuse at this time. Nonetheless you should watch your credit card activity and statements closely." The database exposed during the attack "contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information," Newell said in the statement. The Steam Forums are currently offline as Valve continues its investigation and recovers from the attack. When the forums return, all users will be required to change their passwords. Users who used the same password on the Steam Forums as they did on other sites are advised to change those passwords as well. "We do not know of any compromised Steam accounts, so we are not planning to force a change of Steam account passwords (which are separate from forum passwords). However, it wouldn't be a bad idea to change that as well, especially if it is the same as your Steam forum account password." Newell wrote. "I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience," he said. Source: http://kotaku.com/58...edit-card-theft Luckily I haven't used Steam lately. Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 41 Posted November 11, 2011 Even if the hackers get my credit card number, it won't do any good. It recently changed and I haven't updated it yet. Share this post Link to post
Inferno 22 Posted November 11, 2011 I don't purchase my Steam **** through credit card anyway, so I honestly don't give a ****. Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted November 11, 2011 **** YOU STEAM! **** YOU SONY! Seriously everyone ****ing sucks at security these days.... Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 40 Posted November 11, 2011 My interesting theory of this incident was probably because of the MW3 release that depends on Steam to run it. When people started to pirate and hack MW3 they also hit Steam as well. Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted November 12, 2011 The rumour mill says that Steam MIGHT be giving away Portal 2 and Dota 2 for free as an apology. GIVE ME NOWZ! Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 7 Posted November 12, 2011 What does the title mean "once again"? Steam was hacked before? If so, when? I've been on Steam almost since it's launch and I don't remember another incident like this.. Anyway, BRING ON THE "WE'RE SO SORRY" GIFTS! Share this post Link to post
Gben 20 Posted November 13, 2011 Why do they have to give us a we're sorry gift if the forums are offline? When Sony gave the gifts, MP was offline for a substantial perioud of time... Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 41 Posted November 13, 2011 That's because Sony is a pile of hog****. Valve won't make the same mistake Sony did by making amends without being asked. People had to bitch to get things out of Sony. Share this post Link to post
Gben 20 Posted November 14, 2011 Although LBP was a great gift (thanks Sony!) giving Portal 2 seems an overly generous Christmas Gift for what seems a relatively small inconvenience (forums down). Unless I don't understand the problems. Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted November 14, 2011 Its not just the forums, they ahve CC details... But its encrypted so it should be safe, should... Who cares, I want my free stuff from all the 'stress and heartache' that I have suffered through over hte last week. GIVE ME I FEEL ENTITLED! Share this post Link to post
Nmenth 291 Posted November 14, 2011 Its not just the forums, they ahve CC details... But its encrypted so it should be safe, should... Who cares, I want my free stuff from all the 'stress and heartache' that I have suffered through over hte last week. GIVE ME I FEEL ENTITLED! Yes, judging by your awesome typing skills, you are indeed very stressed. By the way, isn't this gift thing still yet to be confirmed? How can anyone argue against the logic if, for all we know, it isn't real? Share this post Link to post
