Update on May 14, 6:38 pm et: Valve has confirmed that steam systems were not violated and user data identification has not been stolen or accessed by computer pirates. The company provided clarifications in a Steam blog post:
«We are still digging in the filtration source, which is aggravated by the fact that any SMS message is not certified in transit, and routed through multiple suppliers on the way to your phone. The filtration consisted of the oldest text messages that included the codes of one time that they were only valid for the time information of 15 minutes and the old phone data.
Our original story continues.
Steam has supposedly suffered a data violation last week. The details are scarce and difficult to confirm, but a known hacker has affirmed that it is selling a database of more than 89 million user records for the game platform with unique access codes obtained from an external provider used by Steam. If necessary, that would include information about more than two thirds of the Steam audience.
The original LinkedIn publication that identifies a violation suggested that the leaked information came from the Communication Company on the Twilio Cloud. However, a steam representative saying The platform does not use Twilio, so if there has been a violation, it can be through a different supplier that provides SMS codes for access.
While we are not really sure of what is happening at this stage, all kefuffle is a timely reminder to verify its online safety practices. In the case of Steam, Valve has a mobile authentication program called Steam guard That can help keep your account safe. It is also a good practice to ensure regularly changing your pass codes, especially when it is possible that some Steam Guard component is at the root of this week’s safety drama. A password administrator can optimize that process. Since phone numbers seem to have been compromised, they are additional alert to possible phishing attempts by text.
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