Not a good advert for advocates of Steam, but then again there's not many major sites or companies that HAVEN'T seen a breach like this in the last couple of years (I think Facebook and Youtube have got off without any major events?).

Only ENCRYPTED password info was taking... however, they have got everybody's names, billing addresses, email addresses, and a history of purchases. Meaning they can target 'fake security emails'/postings/phonecalls to you that are personalised (a fake email that is generic, and a fake email that has your real name, address and a list of your purchases, look very different, and is much easier to fall for)... and this is probably the area of approach for utilising this stolen data - to further spoof/scam people.

Xbox live is next on the hacker list. I'll put $10k on that.

Imagine if Steam were to be down tonight and maybe a few days later. Man this is gonna svck if i cant play on the PC tonight.

Also, make sure your security question is not something easily guessable, i.e. "what is your dog's name? spot / rover / fido" etc.
Even if you have a long, random password, someone can still hack your account by correctly guessing the security question.

So glad I ordered a physical copy.

Something about paying for something intangible irks me.

It wont be, this was from Sunday and it was only a few users who have used the forums. This wasn't a blanket retrieval of data. You will still be able to play Skyrim without problems unless a tear in the fabric of time and space opens up and we're all svcked in, then in that case, we're all fuxxored.

News Flash: you still have to use a Steam account with Skyrim. This issue still applies to you.

It wasn't just the forum:

It's a non-issue for him as Steam won't be down and he like the rest of us, can play. I have it DLed from Steam and I'm just waiting for midnight in the Bethesda time-zone. :thumbsup:

Allright. Removed visa data and changed my password. I guess I'm safe at the moment. But the thing is that I'm using my mums as I don't have one myself yet. :confused: I don't think she'd appreciate me having her account drained.

PS3, Steam... Hmm who's up next...

Don't forget...

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.

The Stream store was also down earlier today when I went to check the unlock time. What the hell is going on at Valve?

Edit: this is no mere coincidence, the hackers timed this attack with the release of 2 monster releases this week.

Yeah? I've already read the announcement. Fact remains that aside from the Steam Forum, which is it's own database, the actual Steam Customer database was compromised as well. Thats the real issue here.


My point is that he thinks he's immune from this problem because he bought a boxed copy of Skyrim. This issue applies to all of Steam. So if he had an account before the hack, his information is just as compromised than if he bought Skyrim via Steam.

*plays conspiracy music* Origin folks hacked steam to show what an untrustworthy company steam is. Or, Steam was just a soft target for hackers, and they are off to sell our credit card information. Either way its a black eye for steam

Okay, changed email address and password, just to be on the safe side. Thanks for the heads up, thought it was only the forums.

Use Steam Guard guys

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4020-ALZM-5519

Was just about to suggest changing your email address too.

Umm. Well this svcks. I just removed my card details, changed my password, and probably won't be buying off steam for a while. I'm a little worried about this tbh. I have steam guard active. They shouldn't ask us to store our card numbers on our accounts if they can't keep them safe.

Yeah, happened with PSN, now Steam, soon to be Live, it's a never ending cycle. We should all know about merchant allowances to prevent 3rd parties from using our card numbers. Reason I'm not worried, I just put a block on steam now just in case they somehow have Steams merchant number.

hopefully credit cards won't be compromised . It's unlikely they will be but you never know.

Should be an option to use steam guard when you purchase a game.

Just checked. My account is fine, it seems. Will change password nonetheless.
But anyway, I didn't expect Steam to get hacked. Next is Facebook. There you go.

I've always had bad experiences with Steam games, but was hopeful that I could just switch it to Offline mode while playing Skyrim, and forget I even had to have it open. Then... well, this. :brokencomputer:

XBL has already been hacked via a vulnerability in EA's servers for their particular side of the service. That's how my information was initially compromised - I had to sign up for their stupid servers to get my free Dragon Age 2 DLC. Microsoft has been keeping it as quiet as they can.

Don't believe me? Google 'PREMIUM GOLD PACK hack' and see. PREMIUM GOLD PACK and PREMIUM GOLD JUMBO (FIFA 12 consumables) are part of the hack.