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Valve denies reports of "massive" Steam data breach, says no need to change passwords or phone numbers


Valve has responded to reports of an alleged "massive" Steam data leak, insisting none of its systems have been breache…

A later update claimed the breach was related to "real-time [two-factor authentication] SMS logs", and that analysis of the leaked data suggested the hacker had gained "backend access to a vendor dashboard or API, not Steam directly." The leak specifically relates to "older text messages", it added, and Steam users "do not need to change [their] passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event." "The leak consisted of older text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the phone numbers they were sent to," it continued.

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