Steam Hacked-Credit cards info in danger

[baccilus]

When I visited the Steam forum today, I got the following message:

*i.imgur.com/S4q9W.png

Guys who have the same password in forum as well as steam should change the passwords immediately.

Further information:

*news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57322788-83/steam-web-sites-hacked-gamer-data-exposed/

 

[skeletor]

thank you for the instant notification baccilus.

one question, does this also affect people who are not registered on the forum?

 

[Skud]

Any reason to get panicked?

 

[skeletor]

Any reason to get panicked?

with our HD 6950 brute forcing 5 billion MD5 hashes in a second i.e. MD5 hash of a 7 alphabet string cracked in countable seconds, I guess 8 x HD 6990 panics me if I'm the unlucky fellow whose password hash is being targetted. This is much faster than what Fermis can do according to my research.

 

[baccilus]

thank you for the instant notification baccilus.

one question, does this also affect people who are not registered on the forum?

From what I have read, people who are the most vulnerable are the ones who have the same pasword in both steam and steam passwords. People not registered with Steam forums shouldn't worry much.

 

[Skud]

How to change Steam (not forum) password through website?

 

[skeletor]

^^ only possible through the client, I think.

 

[Skud]

Yeah, I couldn't find the option in the website.

 

[coolpcguy]

How in the world do you change the forum password? Everywhere I go, the message comes up, even the place where I'm supposed to change the password ( Steam Users' Forums )

Also, hope you folks have SteamGuard enabled - that should tell you when your account tries to be accessed

 

[skeletor]

^^ Steam forums isn't up yet.

You can't change at the moment.

 

[baccilus]

Guys everyone has to change the Steam password throught he steam client it self. As of now, you can't change the Steam Forum password. Change the Steam password ASAP, that's the most important.

 

[Faun]

Even for users with steam guard enabled ?

 

[coolpcguy]

Even for users with steam guard enabled ?

Not a must, but can't hurt if you do change

 

[Virus]

Has Hackers gone crazy, stealing ........ stealing.......

I changed my password (not forum password).

 

[Skud]

Me too.

 

[Krow]

Lame hackers. I need to change password too. I don't even remember my password I think. Meh @ autologin. I am not on the Steam forum though.

 

[JojoTheDragon]

Oh crap! Thankfully I've steam guard enabled. I hope it does its job.

 

[Krow]

Steam Guard just sends a confirmation code to your email. So if your email password is the same as your Steam password, hackers can easily access it.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Where do I go to demand a compensation?heh.

 

[Krow]

All users should get $50 store credit. Do a BlackBerry now!

It will probably be on 'select' games.