Steam database hacked
Sunday, the 6th of November the Steam forums were shut down, due to it being defaced and further investigation revealed that the intrusion went beyond the forums.
In addition to the forums being defaced, the intruders also gained access to a database containing user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information.
At the moment, Steam has no evidence that the intruders took the information, since no infected steam accounts has turned up or any signs of credit cards being abused.
Because of Steam Guard, the intruders shouldn't be able to at least access your account, but to make sure you should consider changing your password as well as monitor you billing account closely for a while in case the intruders manage to decrypt the credit card information.
We will update this post, whenever Valve releases more information about the attack.
If you want to read the full statement given by Gabe Newell, read the extended post.
In addition to the forums being defaced, the intruders also gained access to a database containing user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information.
At the moment, Steam has no evidence that the intruders took the information, since no infected steam accounts has turned up or any signs of credit cards being abused.
Because of Steam Guard, the intruders shouldn't be able to at least access your account, but to make sure you should consider changing your password as well as monitor you billing account closely for a while in case the intruders manage to decrypt the credit card information.
We will update this post, whenever Valve releases more information about the attack.
If you want to read the full statement given by Gabe Newell, read the extended post.