steam forums hacked (open question as to what else was hacked)

This is what got posted up this afternoon when you try to log into steam forums:

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’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’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.

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Originally Posted by easytarget

This is what got posted up this afternoon when you try to log into steam forums:

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’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’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.

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I think the Gabe's/Steam's statement says it all.

:daisy: happens.

Well this was unexpected. and i joined the steam forums before it was hacked D:. should i take any procausions? because my password to that forum was the same as here

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Originally Posted by Pharoah

Well this was unexpected. and i joined the steam forums before it was hacked D:. should i take any procausions? because my password to that forum was the same as here

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Don't worry, I doubt the hackers will come upon your totalwar.org account and attempt to ruin your reputation here.

However, if the password is the same for your Steam account, I would recommend you change it.

thanks for the tip :2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Tiaexz

Don't worry, I doubt the hackers will come upon your totalwar.org account and attempt to post in a constructive manner.

However, if the password is the same for your Steam account, I would recommend you change it.

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Fixed that for ya Beskie.

Lol

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Originally Posted by Pharoah

Well this was unexpected. and i joined the steam forums before it was hacked D:. should i take any procausions? because my password to that forum was the same as here

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You shouldn't use the same passwords for forums and digital distribution software. (or e-mail).

Well nothing strange is happning et so i think im safe,plus i have good antivirus software etc

Ah well that's good, your antivirus software should keep you safe while somebody is using your details to log into your accounts.

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Originally Posted by Pharoah

Well nothing strange is happning et so i think im safe,plus i have good antivirus software etc

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Well done.