A note about the security of your Steam account
The recent leak being reported did NOT breach Steam systems
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I appreciate they took the time to do this. Still though, when was the last time you changed your steam password? Regardless of this it never hurts to update it
Nah. The need to regularly change passwords is unnecessary. If you use a sufficiently long password, unique passwords for every site, and 2FA/MFA for "important" logins, then you're good.
Businesses requiring their staff to regularly cycle passwords is outdated and makes their systems less resilient, since it opens more angles for social engineering attacks or password security carelessness.
I'm not saying every three months, but after 5-7 years like me, it's probably just a good idea. Who knows what devices have the passwords saved on it still
Unique is probably the most important thing. Well, and not using "password123" of course. As long as its not easy to guess the main thing you want to avoid is password reuse because you don't know how securely its being stored. May well get leaked as plaintext some day which some of mine certainly have been over time.
That is when I learnt that no, a "very secure" password that you use everywhere isn't very secure at all.
not using "password123"
So "Password123!" Is still good, then?
Been over a decade.
Nist says if the account is protected by MFA password expiry isn't needed.
No security is perfect, but following these basic rules will help you to secure your account. And there shouldn't be any need to reset the password often. If you feel better, reset it once per year or so. I don't.
Just might do that. Thanks for the tip.
