Leaked Data? Valve Finally Breaks The Silence

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Following speculations about a data breach at Valve, it has been revealed that the information leaked was actually irrelevant authenticated details.

Straight Out Of A Horror Movie

According to reports, a data breach affected approximately 89 million user accounts, exposing personal details such as names, credit card information, and passwords. These sensitive data have been found on the dark web. History shows that similar incidents have occurred with other businesses and online platforms. To find out if your own account has been compromised in a previous leak, you can visit the website haveibeenpwned.com, which will display whether any of your passwords or email addresses have been previously exposed to the public.

The Data Is Useless For Anyone

Regarding Steam, it’s good news that: In a statement from Valve, they admit there was a data breach, but the leaked document contained one-time verification codes and associated phone numbers. Although this isn’t ideal, as per Valve, a single phone number doesn’t offer much for misuse since you can’t perform significant actions with it on its own.

Your Accounts Are Still Secure

Valve stated that the leaked data did not connect phone numbers with any Steam account, passwords, payment info, or personal details. Moreover, they mentioned that old text messages can’t be exploited to compromise your Steam account security. Lastly, whenever a code is used to alter your Steam email or password via SMS, you will be notified through an email and/or secure Steam messages.

At last, Valve clarifies a crucial point: There’s no urgency to modify your passwords right away since your Steam accounts remain safe and secure.

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2025-05-19 19:39