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[Kriken]

I just checked my account, have me someone else's, I'm scared

 

[Rhaknar]

Anyone with credit information stored on Steam should consider notifing their credit company ASAP to refuse all transactions until further notice.

on decemebr 25th at night (in europe)? probably no banks working >_>

 

[Gyossaits]

This is going to irreparably damage Valve's image in the gaming community, who's going to trust them with sensitive information after this?

Do you call 911 when you get a paper-cut?

 

[ramoisdead]

On the bright side, now we know Undertow HD is coming to Steam and it would make for a complimentary free gift.

 

[HUELEN10]

I only RECENTLY got a PC to use Steam With. How can I find out if I even have a card linked? It's been years?

 

[dity]

Has anyone tried calling Valve yet?

 

[Theecliff]

why the fuck have they not shut down everything yet?

 

[CertifiedFP]

People are only noticing this now? It's been happening for a week now, with the "Credentials Expired" message popping up if you get hit with it. It's been since Pratt week that hitting my personal Steam Community tab takes me to someone else's page.

Though I guess the issue has migrated to the Account Details page now, so that's new.

 

[kami_sama]

Steam community is unavailable.

 

[-BLITZ-]

Did not some hackers announced that were going to hack places on 25 Christmas day ?

 

[CoG]

Getting someone else's account info here with funds in their wallet. As someone in the "12 year club" I've really, really had it with Valve lately. I better not get charged for anything this weekend.

 

[pizzacat]

steam just shpt themselves in the foot

 

[Prosopon]

Reddit steam moder says valve is fixing it right now as we speak.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3y7le9/im_logged_in_as_someone_random_on_steam/

Good.

 

[dex3108]

I disabled pre-approved payment on PayPal for Steam so payment info should be fine. But other info is still potentially compromised.

I just wonder how will Valve make up for this mess, especially to those few accounts that most people can see.

 

[Hektor]

Reddit steam moder says valve is fixing it right now as we speak.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3y7le9/im_logged_in_as_someone_random_on_steam/

Then why, for the love of god, ARENT THEY TAKING DOWN THE FUCKING SITE FIRST

 

[inky]

If my personal info and CC info is out there Valve, I fucking swear...

 

[DryvBy]

This is one of those reasons people hated steam in the first place. Ugh.

 

[RobNBanks]

Someone just made a purchase from my card. Holy fucking shit.

damn that sucks

 

[mcwizardry]

Wtf is going on, just went into account details and I'm in someone else's account.

 

[Captain Smoker]

What the fuck.

Same here.

 

[tjohn86]

Looks like they've got a 302 to nowhere now. I can't load a profile.

This is embarrassing.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Valve is fucking the fuck up every second their servers stay up. What the hell.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Someone definitely just got into my account, because I got a Steam Guard code email. They can't do anything without it so I think I'm fine.

This is totally fucked, though.

 

[malfcn]

Some account details were compromised, but nothing to fear.

 

[Steel]

Then why, for the love of god, ARENT THEY TAKING DOWN THE FUCKING SITE FIRST

My thoughts exactly.

Can't see image.

 

[HabeeNo]

So what can we do ?

 

[jesu]

I can't seem to log in on steampowered.com or the Steam client.
Little circle spinning on steampowered.com 'Could Not Connect to the Steam Network' on the client.

I take it they're on to it?

 

[vypek]

I was in the steam forums and now it is closed off. Can't do anything via browser. Already logged off the client

 

[Kezen]

Digital is the future but it can be scary sometimes.
The inability to login to the store is likely Valve's doing. You can't spend any money on any account for the time being.

 

[kai3345]

i can't even log in to remove my CC info

lit af

 

[RoyalFool]

Fuck, I can't even get into my account to remove my details.

 

[Crono27]

How the fuck does this happen Valve? Holy shit.

How dI'd my account get hacked for fifa stuff when I don't even play fifa. Stuff like this happens alot

 

[Stimpack]

Man, what a mess. Merry Christmas.

 

[Ludger Kresnik]

Ugh, this is really freaky. I only use PayPal and my wallet has a whopping $0.08 in it, so hopefully my stuff doesn't end up with some asshole who wants to hijack my lame account anyway.

 

[ZanDatsu]

I'm sure it's not a big deal, will be over soon and only a very small number of accounts are visible. They'll be compensated for any damages, not to worry.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Reddit steam moder says valve is fixing it right now as we speak.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3y7le9/im_logged_in_as_someone_random_on_steam/

Why aren't shutting down the thing is the baffling thing here.

 

[red731]

nameradacted is there for me. wtf

Need some clarification ASAP

 

[Manatox]

Damn this is worriying >.< I'ts litterally possible to switch from one user to another with one click. And each time it was some other guy >.<

Should have removed my CC info from steam..

 

[Funyarinpa]

team #oren**** here

Can everyone please check if your account has Steam Guard enabled? Mine doesn't (the acc I was directed to I mean)

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Now I'm getting connection errors when I try to load the client.... which is either good or bad.... or both....

 

[Spirited]

Someone just made a purchase from my card. Holy fucking shit.

How did they do that? Don't they need you security number? and that can't be saved in the transaction page.

 

[RedSwirl]

Why is it cycling through the same few people's accounts?

 

[Jigorath]

Oh what in the fuck Valve.

 

[Tenebrous]

Never seen anything like this before in my life.

 

[The Elite]

on decemebr 25th at night (in europe)? probably no banks working >_>

They are usually 24/7. People take money seriously.

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

Fuck I feel bad for the engineers, this is going to ruin their Christmas.

 

[Donuts]

REEEEAALLY hoping I didn't save my CC info on steam

 

[ss_lemonade]

All the pages seem to lead to random accounts. The profile page, purchase history etc. Shit, I don't even remember if I have my card on there

 

[Grief.exe]

Don't be ridiculous. A Steam username without any other context isn't a security compromise. It's just a username like a GAF name. Edit: Plus it's interesting to see that different people here see the same names, like it's really a handful of compromised accounts somehow...

Posting the screenshots with transaction history is shitty, however.

That is unequivocally false.

A GAF user name is publicly available, while a Steam user name is completely private for security reasons. Beyond that, no payment or personal information is tied to a GAF account unless a user chooses to do so.

Sure, but you'd give your Steam name for, say, a gaffer to add you on their friendlist right?


So when you give your Steam name to someone to add you, you're compromising your account security? Come on. Besides, people are probably saying "hey I got joedude123 too" repeatedly all over the Internet, damage's done really.

Again, unequivocally false.

You don't give away your account name over Steam in order for someone else to add you. Users send their publicly available profile name, and they add you through there. Your account name is never exchanged for adding to your friends list or playing with other people.

 

[Soyongdori]

I just got an email from valve regarding purchase info on my account.

edit: someones keep buying random games and stuff under my account.