A note about the security of your Steam account
The recent leak being reported did NOT breach Steam systems
TL;DR
We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.
You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at https://store.steampowered.com/account/authorizeddevices
thank fuck
i've yet to see an mfa that is as usable and streamlined as steam's
changed my pw anyway. i don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
I don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
Oh you can know. It's a viewable page within the menu. I'll leave it to you to search up on where.
People need to stop acting like it's some scary thing to know.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend
Don't just open it, see thousands of dollars spent, react like it is some huge expenditure and close it without thinking things through. Don't forget that the account is years old and when you do some simple division it going to come out to $30 a month or some number that is reasonable for you to spend on a hobby that you have spent hundreds to thousands of hours enjoying.
This is why on steam I don’t store my credit card information, nor on basically any other site that I can get away with it.
Yeah it is a pain in the ass for the times I want to buy something, having to put it the card details every single time, but it’s worth my peace of mind if a breach happens. By this point I have memorized my card numbers so it’s not too awful of a pendantic habit now.
It's a credit card, you can dispute charges and will likely get a refund.
I've done it a few times for different reasons.
Just accidentally memorize it from having to manually pay a bunch of bills online in a short span!
i use privacy.com with a virtual card with a vendor lock and max limit. it also helps remind me when I’m spending too much there … 😂
Yeah, but you lose out on credit card rewards, aka free money, going that route.
I’ve used them a couple times where my privacy was worth more, and once where I didn’t want a company having a card to put recurring charges on
Technically it costs money even if their fees are forgettable.
Most banks will offer virtual cards. You can use those instead of your actual card number, and if they get stolen you just cancel that virtual card, but your account is untouched.
I only use those for short term and set them to expire after a month or however long I need them for on that site. Great way to make sure I don't auto renew anything and if it gets stolen it's already expired. As long as it's a credit card even if there is fraud they pay you back instantly. Never ever store a debit card anywhere.
Two factor auth clan
So far it either sounds like they are replaying the message, or it's just a (partial) list of numbers that used steam. Might be good for targeting, but that is about it. They would have to know the associated account to do any intercept attacks.
