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Egan
11-10-11, 05:59 PM
Just got home from my hols, booted up Steam to play some Football Manager and found this:

Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users:

Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums.

We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. We do not have evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information were taken by the intruders, or that the protection on credit card numbers or passwords was cracked. We are still investigating.

We don***8217;t have evidence of credit card misuse at this time. Nonetheless you should watch your credit card activity and statements closely.

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***8217;t be a bad idea to change that as well, especially if it is the same as your Steam forum account password.

We will reopen the forums as soon as we can.

I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience.

Gabe.

Is this old news? Did I miss it when I was away? I use PayPal anyway so I guess I shouldn't have any cc details out there on their system. I don't use their forums either.

Bad stuff, but did anyone really think this was never going to happen considering all the other hacking nonsense over the last few months?

I guess all you Steam massive out there should check your cc statements. Hope no one here was compromised
Tribesman
11-10-11, 06:01 PM
Is this old news?
No, it has just come up
soopaman2
11-10-11, 06:03 PM
A week ago almost actually.

And just the forums.

I would suggest changing your forum password, and the password to your steam window itself though, just in case.
:)

And put on your steam guard.
soopaman2
11-10-11, 06:11 PM
(sorry for this double post)

A hack making site hacked the steam forums and advertised themselves.

If you like to cheat at counter strike and call of duty , you would love these guys.

But I miss my steam forums, and use them alot. I would wish no skill cheaters to go away.

ZERO SKILL!
ZERO!

Any moron can install an auto-target program and be elite.:yawn:

Now you know why I hate Call of Duty and Counter Strike so much, too many script kiddies.
Oberon
11-10-11, 06:15 PM
It's not just the forums though, they got into one of the databases too.

It was only a matter of time really, everyone else has been hacked. It was only natural Steam would be to.
Egan
11-10-11, 06:21 PM
It's not just the forums though, they got into one of the databases too.

It was only a matter of time really, everyone else has been hacked. It was only natural Steam would be to.

Yeah, that's the troubling part: looks like a bunch of stuff could be compromised.

As far as the hacker kidz are concerned, I expect Steam is the big, big one. exactly how many users do they have?
antikristuseke
11-10-11, 06:23 PM
What's with assuming hackers are automatically kids, this thing is a serious business if credit card info was what they were after.
soopaman2
11-10-11, 06:25 PM
What's with assuming hackers are automatically kids, this thing is a serious business if credit card info was what they were after.

I used script kiddies as a derogatory term refferring to people who download programs by others and call themselves hackers. As in the context of auto-targeter programs that this particular site sells.
antikristuseke
11-10-11, 06:26 PM
My comment was more aimed at Egan than you, actually.
soopaman2
11-10-11, 06:28 PM
My comment was more aimed at Egan than you, actually.

:oops:
:salute:
Oberon
11-10-11, 06:29 PM
From what I can tell, those with SteamGuard on (never heard of it until today) have a better level of protection, but it wouldn't hurt to change your Steam password and to monitor whatever bank account is linked to it for a couple of weeks. Not that there's anything in mine, but still.
I think a lot of Valves inbuilt security features will negate the info which has been stolen, I hear the phrase Hashed and Salted used a lot, which is not in reference to my breakfast, so that's good.

Sony should take a good look at the response to this, that's how you treat your customers.
Egan
11-10-11, 06:35 PM
My comment was more aimed at Egan than you, actually.

It's a figure of speech? I can call them hacker people of indeterminable age, ethnic origin and gender in a bid to be all inclusive but I'm tired and it's a lot of extra typing. :DL
Task Force
11-10-11, 06:36 PM
In before skybird.
Oberon
11-10-11, 06:45 PM
In before skybird.

:har: Oh yes... :yep:
CaptainMattJ.
11-10-11, 06:49 PM
The hacking, along with the release of modern wimpiness 3, has been causing problems for me alot lately with L4D2. Learned about the hackings last night too
soopaman2
11-10-11, 06:49 PM
It's a figure of speech? I can call them hacker people of indeterminable age, ethnic origin and gender in a bid to be all inclusive but I'm tired and it's a lot of extra typing. :DL

You were more mentioning the maturity level, rather than actual age.:)
Kiddies/ kids/ children/ wusses/ pantywastes works fine for these mongrels


I have other names too saucy for this forum.:D
Skybird
11-10-11, 07:10 PM
In before skybird.

:stare:
Gerald
11-10-11, 07:12 PM
^:haha:
Herr-Berbunch
11-10-11, 07:16 PM
I'm guessing they weren't after cc info, or they'd not have highlighted their activity by defacing the forum.

Could do with another new password to remember as well, don't think I've got enough yet! :stare:

In after Skybird, but I must admit I was expecting more than a smiley (that's not smiling!). :D
Dowly
11-10-11, 07:17 PM
:stare:


:rotfl2:
Task Force
11-10-11, 07:46 PM
:stare:

I had to do it!!!:D
antikristuseke
11-10-11, 08:56 PM
It's a figure of speech? I can call them hacker people of indeterminable age, ethnic origin and gender in a bid to be all inclusive but I'm tired and it's a lot of extra typing. :DL

Heh, fair enough, but just hackers would do mate :P
papa_smurf
11-11-11, 06:10 AM
Now, just imagine the fury/venting from the fanboys if it was EA/Origin that had been hacked instead.
Task Force
11-11-11, 12:31 PM
Now, just imagine the fury/venting from the fanboys if it was EA/Origin that had been hacked instead.

Well its EA, they suck automatically.
Ducimus
11-11-11, 12:39 PM
Well its EA, they suck automatically.

EA is the devourer of souls and studios.
soopaman2
11-11-11, 02:57 PM
EA is the devourer of souls and studios.


It's a guarantee that once EA buys a franchise, it automatically becomes unbuyable.

Proven fact.

Getting bought out by EA= jumping the shark.
Skybird
11-11-11, 03:10 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15690187

He says he is "sorry for the inconvenience".

If your credit card information gets lost, together with personal data allowing to assist in profiling you, that hardly is just an "inconvenience".