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Al Fire 101
 Post subject: Steam Hacked
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:06 pm 
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A message sent just now from Valve Corporation head Gabe Newell says credit card numbers and other personal information were inside a database compromised during a defacement attack on the Steam forums this Sunday.

Steam Hacked, Valve Investigating Possible Credit Card Theft
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 Post subject: Re: Steam Hacked
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:02 pm 
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The attackers aren't going to be able to do much with salted/hashed passwords and encrypted CC info.

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