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Steam Hacked, Credit Card Numbers Taken

Posted by Zonk on from the waiter-check-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DailyTech reports that Valve's Steam content distribution system has been compromised. According to the article a hacker claims to have 'bypassed Valve's security system and accessed a significant chunk of data, including: screenshots of internal Valve web pages, a portion of Valve's Cafe directory, error logs, credit card information of customers, and financial information on Valve.'"

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  1. Figures by HolyCrapSCOsux · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why I like my valves to be ball, gate, or ECC83 and EL34

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  2. Credit card information? by Reason58 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's interesting that they mention credit card information, as you have to enter your complete billing address and credit card information every single time you make a purchase through Steam. Is this hacker lying, or is Steam collecting and storing credit card information on users for shady reasons?

  3. Re:It's an unconfirmed claim you Irish fools by caramelcarrot · · Score: 5, Informative
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.p hp?t=554840

    "There has been no security breach of Steam." However, he does confirm our expert's findings by adding, "The alleged hacker gained access to a third-party site that Valve uses to manage the commercial partners in its Cyber Café program. This Cyber Café billing system is not connected to Steam. We are working with law enforcement agencies on this matter, and encourage anyone with more information to e-mail us at Catch_A_Thief@valvesoftware.com."
  4. Re:You need to store something for monthly billing by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 5, Informative

    The issue is that the machine doing the billing must NOT be connected to the Internet.

    Who says it was even Valve's machine that was compromised? 1UP.com:

    Doug Lombardi, director of marketing at Valve, says, "There has been no security breach of Steam." However, he does confirm our expert's findings by adding, "The alleged hacker gained access to a third-party site that Valve uses to manage the commercial partners in its Cyber Café program. This Cyber Café billing system is not connected to Steam. We are working with law enforcement agencies on this matter, and encourage anyone with more information to e-mail us at Catch_A_Thief@valvesoftware.com."

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  5. Re:Another, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You morons! HE WAS CORRECTING HIMSELF!

    Go get some sleep and/or stimulant of your choice.