Steam's Database Hacked, Info Possibly Stolen

[JOSHSKORN]

I didn't store my credit card information on Steam because of the whole Sony fiasco. Am I still safe? What information was compromised? Just personal information? What about transactional information? The letter does say "game purchases" but what does that REALLY mean? Do the offenders know the payment information of a particular purchase, to include credit card information? I might be a bit freaked out if that was the case.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Gabe is such a great guy and you can certainly feel his sincerity at the end. My view of Valve and Steam go unscathed from this.

 

[bwitz]

The hacker sure looks determined in that photo.

And I gotta say, the ski mask really makes his tie "pop".

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]ben850[/nom]Unlike Sony, Steam's data is encrypted with AES256. These hackers actually have a better chance at getting laid than to crack the data they stole.[/citation]
Although, if they crack the data, their chances of getting laid will increase also
...
In prison!!!

 

[ben850]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Although, if they crack the data, their chances of getting laid will increase also...In prison!!![/citation]

I don't think Bubba or Antwan will care about their proxy servers :$

 

[billybobser]

awww fuck me.

You know they wouldn't steal it if they couldn't get something out of it.

Gonna need a seperate set of cards / emails etc for the derpy companies I buy from.

 

[Guest]

i dont understand one thing , i never used forums, i will still be affected? or they use separate database for steam and for forum.Anyway this sux .After sony fail any company should improve security when its about personal info about clients, payments and cards.I expect more detailed info asap from u valve

 

[neon871]

How do you like steam now? If I didn't have to go through Steam to play my game I wouldn't have been hacked!

 

[Ichy]

[citation][nom]neon871[/nom]How do you like steam now? If I didn't have to go through Steam to play my game I wouldn't have been hacked![/citation]
... your point is mute, you DON'T have to go through steam to play your games, you can run out to the best/closest retailer near you, buy them, and run them with out ever needing steam.

Steam getting hacked is a terrible blow to the gamer community. However, by not storing credit card info; or not doing it any more if you have, and chaning all of ones forum and steam login passwords the likely hood of anything happening to you from the stolen data is considerably small, probably less than 10%. You might get a influx in phishing attempts and spam mail, but good old filters and IP reporting can eleviate that.

 

[Steveymoo]

VALVE.

I AM DISAPPOINT.

 

[nikorr]

Oh, no. Not this...

 

[STravis]

[citation][nom]ichy[/nom]... your point is mute[/citation]

The term you were looking for is "moot"

 

[Netherscourge]

And there ya go - another myth busted about STEAM being this unbeatable service.

Steam is just as lapsed as every other "Secure" system.

 

[Ichy]

[citation][nom]STravis[/nom]The term you were looking for is "moot"[/citation]


Thanks, for some reason I like to use mute instead of moot.. dunno why just do.

 

[Apple Troll Master]

I could care less...I buy my games from the local store. Having to login to a service to play a game I purchased is non-sense. Hack away, I hope they take steam down for several days at the least.

 

[Guest]

@spikey in tn

Doesn't quite work like that, encryption is a multi-stage data transformation process, each stage of the process is designed to makes it harder to reverse engineer the actual encryption routine itself (which has enough variability to allow each company to create a unique routine for their own purposes), it is actually possible to have two different encryption keys yield the same encrypted data result, compound this with the fact that the passwords were also salted, so even if you knew one set of results the chances of reverse engineering another is extremely difficult

@Netherscourge

In case you missed it, Valve did not simply think that a big heavy door equated to a secure system, they had setup a layered security system, yes the crooks broke down the front door, but fact is the data was encrypted and the password salted as well as the segmentation of servers meant they did not believe the front door was the be all end all of a security system

 

[templinc]

ROFLMAO, I like Origin!!

 

[zak_mckraken]

[citation][nom]ben850[/nom]Unlike Sony, Steam's data is encrypted with AES256. These hackers actually have a better chance at getting laid than to crack the data they stole.[/citation]
You SO made my day!

 

[JonnyDough]

That's why I haven't bought the DLC for Supreme Commander 2. I don't trust companies to keep my private information safe. Its also why you are recommended to never use your debit card for purchases, even though its convenient and works. Credit card with low APR is the way to go.

 

[wardler]

[citation][nom]Steveymoo[/nom]VALVE.I AM DISAPPOINT.[/citation]

Your grammer is DISAPPOINT. LOl

 

[JonnyDough]

"Your Steam Account
$0.00
Wallet Balance
+ Add funds to your Steam Wallet
There is no stored credit card information associated with your account."

😉 Sorry for everyone else. Really. Hackers: You suck!

 

[JonnyDough]

Also, I got no warning. However last night at like 3am I did get kicked off Steam.

 

[Guest]

There has been no successful hack of AES 256.

 

[UnSignedC0d3]

Steveymoo :

VALVE.I AM DISAPPOINT.





Your grammer is DISAPPOINT. LOl

Look who's talking (typing). ---->grammar

 

[maestintaolius]

To be honest, I'm not concerned. The important data was hashed and salted unlike the unencrypted sony snafu. I will continue to use steam happily.