<Steam>, the popular gaming digital rights management platform by <Valve>, pushed an update today containing an "update news" page, which warned of the discovery that personal data was stolen in last year's intrusion. Steam warned that a copy of a backup file about transactions between 2004 and 2008 may have been obtained. Steam assured that no Steam account passwords were included, but mentioned the following user data being contained in the taken data:
- User Names
- EMail Addresses
- Encrypted Billing Adresses
- Encrypted Credit Card Information
Steam Update News Text:
February 10th, 2012 Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users: We continue our investigation of last year’s intrusion with the help of outside security experts. In my last note about this, I described how intruders had accessed our Steam database but we found no evidence that the intruders took information from that database. That is still the case. Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008. This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It did not include Steam passwords. We do not have any evidence that the encrypted credit card numbers or billing addresses have been compromised. However as I said in November it’s a good idea to watch your credit card activity and statements. And of course keeping Steam Guard on is a good idea as well. We are still investigating and working with law enforcement authorities. Some state laws require a more formal notice of this incident so some of you will get that notice, but we wanted to update everyone with this new information now. Gabe
