Games Steam compromised

[Access Denied]

So Steam has had a huge security breach. Suggest changing all your passwords.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Wonder if i can still remember my password

 

[Raven]

Source?

 

[Embattle]

Isn't this a story from 2 weeks ago or something.

 

[Gwadien]

Also, isn't steam like perfectly safe because of the 'new pc' thing? or is there a way around it?

 

[Nate]

your face is perfectly safe

 

[Mabs]

presume this is the NSA farming data on who bought Dark Souls 2 so they can predict next school shooting ?

 

[Access Denied]

Source is a mate of mine who had his account compromised. He told me there's been something like 20k support tickets for people locked out of their accounts.

 

[Ch3tan]

Reliable source then!

 

[Raven]

Did he clip a link in an email from OMGITSSTEAMLOL@accountzorz.ch?

 

[Raven]

...and yeah, its probably down to people having the same user name and password that they used on Heartbleed affected websites and not bothering to change it, despite the mass warnings.

 

[Access Denied]

Wasn't just him. Another mate was affected too. He changed his passwords after the Heartbleed thing and he's a massive techie. Know a shit load about computers and the internet, has his own business fixing computers and designing websites. Also has his own servers. He knows what he's talking about. If he says it happened today, it happened today.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well to be fair, being techsavvy and being internetsavvy aren't the same thing

 

[Ch3tan]

Op does not even deserve sarcasm.

 

[TdC]

Well to be fair, being techsavvy and being internetsavvy aren't the same thing

 

[MYstIC G]

Wasn't just him. Another mate was affected too. He changed his passwords after the Heartbleed thing and he's a massive techie. Know a shit load about computers and the internet, has his own business fixing computers and designing websites. Also has his own servers. He knows what he's talking about. If he says it happened today, it happened today.

Yet he doesn't have isthereanydeal monitor his steam account for strange activity, n00b tbfh.

 

[Job]

What's Steam?

 

[throdgrain]

It's something people use to buy games on the internet.

To play on their computer.

 

[fettoken]

Who's Job?

 

[old.Tohtori]

It's something people use to get angry at the internet.

At their computer.

 

[TdC]

Who's Job?

they took errrrr jerbzzzz!!!

 

[Ch3tan]

It seems to me that the only thing that has been compromised....... is this thread! ! ! !

 

[Embattle]

Wasn't just him. Another mate was affected too. He changed his passwords after the Heartbleed thing and he's a massive techie. Know a shit load about computers and the internet, has his own business fixing computers and designing websites. Also has his own servers. He knows what he's talking about. If he says it happened today, it happened today.

Unless Steam confirms it in reality it isn't happening

 

[Tom]

So long as you have two-step verification enabled (like sending a text to your mobile) then there's no problem.

 

[Gwadien]

So long as you have two-step verification enabled (like sending a text to your mobile) then there's no problem.

Aye, I have an email sent to my email address, but if you want to access my email address I get a text sent to it, so I'd imagine Shagrats mate either didn't have that.

Besides..

If someone hacked into your Steam account, what are they gonna do? play your games?

 

[Tom]

They could sell your TF2 hats.

 

[Ch3tan]

They could sell your TF2 hats.

Think of the kittens!

 

[Raven]

...actually some of them go for some pretty decent money (no idea why, they just do) some have sold for a few thousand.

 

[Shagrat]

so I'd imagine Shagrats mate either didn't have that.

?

Woah there, don't start dragging me into this, or we'll be stepping outside young man!!

 

[fettoken]

I don't recon the perpetrator was savvy in regards to @TdC 's compromised bumhole..

Then the security couldn't have been the tightest.