http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-57322788-245/steam-web-sites-hacked-gamer-data-exposed/ By Elinor Mills InSecurity Complex CNet News November 10, 2011 Hackers broke into a database with customer information at the Steam online gaming site, accessed user forum accounts and defaced a forum site, the company said. "Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums," Gabe Newell, co-founder of Steam developer Valve Corp., said in a statement posted to the Steam site. "We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums," he added. "This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information." The statement said there was no evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information was stolen or that protection on the credit card numbers was cracked. "We don't have evidence of credit card misuse at this time," Newell said. "Nonetheless you should watch your credit card activity and statements closely." [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Thu Nov 10 2011 - 22:57:57 PST
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