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Steam Breach Follow-up

[Feb 10, 2012, 9:50 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Valve has issued an update from Gabe Newell with more on the breach of the Steam service late last year. Apparently more information was compromised than was originally believed:

Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users

We continue our investigation of last year's intrusion with the help of outside security experts. In my last note about this, I described how intruders had accessed our Steam database but we found no evidence that the intruders took information from that database. That is still the case.

Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008. This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It did not include Steam passwords.

We do not have any evidence that the encrypted credit card numbers or billing addresses have been compromised. However as I said in November it's a good idea to watch your credit card activity and statements. And of course keeping Steam Guard on is a good idea as well.

We are still investigating and working with law enforcement authorities. Some state laws require a more formal notice of this incident so some of you will get that notice, but we wanted to update everyone with this new information now.

Gabe

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Re: Steam Breach Follow-up

Feb 11, 2012, 07:59

Mashiki Amiketo

zirik wrote on Feb 11, 2012, 07:28:
i misunderstood the gabe quote. but you are trying to downplay the data theft. they notified us of the forums breach within 4-5 days. not the data theft.

They also told you about the data theft and what was taken. Though they didn't mention the old data, and there's a variety of reasons not to. Like not tipping off that they got the old stuff to try tracking down who was using it, or trying to use it.

Investigation 101, don't divulge everything.




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