STEAM It seems Steam got hacked...

[Roo Stercogburn]

...so its password reset time etc.

At least going by the message I got tonight on logging in, though its the first time in a few weeks I've been there.

 

[Billargh]

Really? I didn't get the message today, or at all for that matter.

 

[BloodOmen]

http://kotaku.com/5858473/steam-hacked-valve-investigating-possible-credit-card-theft/

 

[Nate]

10 November 2011

Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users:​

Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums.​

We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. 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.​

We don’t have evidence of credit card misuse at this time. Nonetheless you should watch your credit card activity and statements closely.​

While we only know of a few forum accounts that have been compromised, all forum users will be required to change their passwords the next time they login. If you have used your Steam forum password on other accounts you should 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.​

We will reopen the forums as soon as we can.​

I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience.​

Gabe.​

 

[Nate]

I wonder, being the conspiracy theorist I am if this is corporate espionage.

Origin gets loads of shit press, Steam gets hacked.

 

[Zarjazz]

I wonder, being the conspiracy theorist I am if this is corporate espionage.

Origin gets loads of shit press, Steam gets hacked.

Nah, just shit forum software and utter incompetence storing billing information in a forums database explains everything.

 

[Everz]

The above. That said all seems ok.

 

[Ctuchik]

Nah, just shit forum software and utter incompetence storing billing information in a forums database explains everything.

It doesn't say anywhere that it was the same database. What it does say is in addition to the forum.

One could argue that it's stupid to have the forum linked to those kinds of databases in the first place but whatever.

And considering that Steam must be a pretty damn high priority target for CC thefts, i'm just surprised it hasn't happened more often.