NONE@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNo, Steam wasn’t hacked, and your account details are safewww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down14
arrow-up1358arrow-down1external-linkNo, Steam wasn’t hacked, and your account details are safewww.polygon.comNONE@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 hours agoI had assumed it was BS as soon as I saw the price of just $5k.
minus-squareel_bhm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoFrom what I understand personal info is peanuts. You buy it in bulk, cheap.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoIt was put out that everyone should change their passwords. That kind of info for like 90 million steam accounts would fetch a much higher price or ransom than some personal info on a bunch of people like names, phone numbers and an address.
minus-squareseralth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoConsidering that some people’s accounts hold literally 100s of thousands of dollars worth of skins and cosmetics… You can hit some serious jackpots if you get access to the right account the right way.
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoI know, right? It’s too little for that amount of information. I mean, almost 100 million compromised accounts is not few.
I had assumed it was BS as soon as I saw the price of just $5k.
From what I understand personal info is peanuts. You buy it in bulk, cheap.
It was put out that everyone should change their passwords. That kind of info for like 90 million steam accounts would fetch a much higher price or ransom than some personal info on a bunch of people like names, phone numbers and an address.
Considering that some people’s accounts hold literally 100s of thousands of dollars worth of skins and cosmetics…
You can hit some serious jackpots if you get access to the right account the right way.
I know, right? It’s too little for that amount of information. I mean, almost 100 million compromised accounts is not few.