William the Drake Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) Not sure where else to put this so here it is;There are news stories popping up claiming that Steam has had a bug come up in it's account system, with email, credit card, and purchase information being accessed at random, as well as people gaining access to other's accountsMany sites are warning users to not load Steam at this time, and that if you have loaded Steam, to check your credit card accounts to ensure nothing fishy is going on. Considering NA runs via Steam, I feel this is pertinent info PC Gamer story Kotaku story Forbes story GameSpotstory Be safe out there captains. From what we read Its safe to login to play games BUT ONLY THAT Its not safe to login and look at stores, buy other games, change payment methods, or login to steam website www.stea mpowered.com UPDATE: According to an official statement by Valve given to GameSpot, the issue was a caching bug and that everything is "ok" now.-GameSpot Update Fair winds and swift seas, Edited December 26, 2015 by William the Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) 1. it is not a DDOS, please dont call it a DDOS 2. Nor is it a hack, it is an error with the caching system that steam is using 3. yeah, check credit card info and such, however dont access steam at this time as it can cause others to "gain" acces. 4. your account is safe, however any sensetive info you have on steam can be viewed, but they cant do anything with your account as they are not logged in to it edit: note this is what i gathered from the situation, i might be wrong, dont open any steam pages at this stage! Edited December 25, 2015 by OlavDeng2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 From what we read Its safe to login to play games BUT ONLY THAT Its not safe to login and look at stores, buy other games, change payment methods, or login to steam website www.stea mpowered.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) 1. it is not a DDOS, please dont call it a DDOS 2. Nor is it a hack, it is an error with the caching system that steam is using I didn't realize, as many outlets are calling it one thing or the other, or something completely different. I'll edit to reflect. EDIT: Could someone also change the title to reflect this? Thank you in advance Edited December 25, 2015 by William the Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I didn't realize, as many outlets are calling it one thing or the other, or something completely different. I'll edit to reflect. EDIT: Could someone also change the title to reflect this? Thank you in advance you find that with news now a days a lot, they say whatever will bring in the most clicks... it is sad really, but oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I didn't realize, as many outlets are calling it one thing or the other, or something completely different. I'll edit to reflect. EDIT: Could someone also change the title to reflect this? Thank you in advance Its probably goodwill PR/damage control - no-one knows what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 https://steamdb.info/blog/recent-caching-issues-on-steam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 UPDATE: According to an official statement by Valve given to GameSpot, the issue was a caching bug and that everything is "ok" now.-GameSpot Update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts