Valve has confirmed that studies circulating a few breach of Steam methods are false and stated that there isn’t any cause for customers to take actions akin to altering their passwords or the telephone numbers linked to their Steam accounts.
“We now have examined the leak pattern and have decided this was NOT a breach of Steam methods,” the corporate said.
“The leak consisted of older textual content messages that included one-time codes that have been solely legitimate for 15-minute time frames and the telephone numbers they have been despatched to,” it continued. “The leaked information didn’t affiliate the telephone numbers with a Steam account, password data, fee data or different private information. Outdated textual content messages can’t be used to breach the safety of your Steam account, and each time a code is used to vary your Steam e mail or password utilizing SMS, you’ll obtain a affirmation by way of e mail and/or Steam safe messages.”
The leaked information got here from an exterior service supplier and seems to be actual, however as Valve defined can’t be used to enter somebody’s account. Customers ought to solely be cautious about getting potential phishing messages mentioning their Steam account by way of SMS sooner or later, because the leaked information confirms that the telephone numbers are linked to a Steam account, permitting dangerous actors to run focused schemes.
“It’s a good reminder to deal with any account safety messages that you haven’t explicitly requested as suspicious,” Valve added.
The corporate affords two-factor authentication by way of its personal Steam Cell Authenticator as a substitute for textual content messaging and recommends account homeowners to make use of it, because it eliminates the involvement of third events just like the breached service supplier.
