Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised

A post on Steam eases fears about a report of a data breach affecting a third-party Steam vendor. There were concerns that details on as many as 89 million accounts were compromised, but Valve reassures users that there is no reason to worry:

You may have seen reports of leaks of older text messages that had previously been sent to Steam customers. We have examined the leak sample and have this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.

Weโ€™re still digging into the source of the leak, which is compounded by the fact that any SMS messages are unencrypted in transit, and routed through multiple providers on the way to your phone.

The leak consisted of older text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the phone numbers they were sent to. The leaked data did not associate the phone numbers with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data. Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of your Steam account, and whenever a code is used to change your Steam email or password using SMS, you will receive a confirmation via email and/or Steam secure messages.

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

We also recommend setting up the Steam Mobile Authenticator if you havenโ€™t already, as it gives us the best way to send secure messages about your account and your accountโ€™s safety.
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May 15, 2025, 13:19
Prez
 
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Re: Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised May 15, 2025, 13:19
May 15, 2025, 13:19
 Prez
 
Screw Gabe. Screw Trump. I've already got the El Presidente for Life that I need. ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’˜
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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May 15, 2025, 13:18
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May 15, 2025, 13:18
 Prez
 
Screw Gabe. Screw Trump. I've already got the El Presidente for Life that I need. ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’˜
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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Re: Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised
May 15, 2025, 11:22
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Re: Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised May 15, 2025, 11:22
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Donkey_Punch wrote on May 15, 2025, 10:11:
How is this as a source for you? (aimed at some people in other thread)

To be fair, the claim you made and were asked for proof of was posted at 14:58 yesterday... The Steam post is marked 3:06pm Pacific (18:06 Blue's time), a full three hours later. So unless the latter went up earlier and had its timestamp changed due to an edit or something (in which case, why not just provide the link?), it could not retroactively back up what you were saying. Not that vindication for you should invalidate a simple request for source to begin with.

This comment was edited on May 15, 2025, 11:47.
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Re: Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised
May 15, 2025, 10:11
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How is this as a source for you? (aimed at some people in other thread)
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May 15, 2025, 08:58
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El Pit wrote on May 15, 2025, 04:50:
All your Steam accounts are belong to us.
-Hackers aka digital cockroaches
From everything I've read on the subject, this seems more likely to be someone thinking they were more of a hacker than they actually are. Also, with the data being offered for sale for a measly 5k USD, that should have made anyone with a shread of understanding figure out that it wasn't really serious. Actual valuable data that could be used to compromize all Steam users would be worth more than 1m USD, just from the ability to point out such a massive security flaw in Steam.
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May 15, 2025, 08:31
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RogueSix wrote on May 14, 2025, 19:56:
Gabe for president.

Of which country? If we are talking about New Zealand, he would probably win by default if he ever ran, that is. (I think he owns considerable property in that country, and has citizenship)
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Re: Valve: Steam Accounts Not Compromised
May 15, 2025, 04:50
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All your Steam accounts are belong to us.
-Hackers aka digital cockroaches

Nope.
-Gabe
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May 14, 2025, 20:40
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May 14, 2025, 20:40
 
At this point...anybody for president would likely do for you apart from the one in your Oval Office. My condolences...
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Gabe for president.
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