Steam being hacked?

Ace Modder · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:15

Hi guys.

I've just got this message

spoffle · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:16

That would be cracking, rather than hacking.

bitslice · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:17

Hacker has no friendly name! :eek:

DanielMMS · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:21

I've had an unsolicited email to help me reset my password today. Looks like someone tried to access Steam.

Ace Modder · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:24

The thing is, I got an email asking me to enter the steam guard code on my email, but it appears to be unread...at 2pm today

Just got home and steam showed me that msg in my OP when it first logged in.

But the account access was authorised?

I've changed my steam password now anyway.

Rroff · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:24

Do you use same credentials for steam and kickstarter? rumours that the stolen password hashes were cracked from that.

You can mark emails as unread after reading them so that doesn't necessarily mean anything but does seem strange.

Ace Modder · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:57

what is kickstarter?

davido_labido · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:59

i have this from time to time man, mine usually originate from Thailand..

those lady boys want me.

Rroff · 6 Mar 2014 at 19:59

If you have to ask then that wouldn't have been where they got your details from heh.

diamount · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:03

Not much they can do on your account other than playing your games.

andshrew · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:17

If you haven't already change your e-mail accounts password too and don't use the same one you've used for Steam.

arknor · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:22

I'd get scanning my drive and checking taskmanager/msconfig

ins0mn1ac · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:24

Happened to me before but SteamGuard saved me, it's a brilliant system and should be used with more programs!

Rroff · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:26

diamount said:
Not much they can do on your account other than playing your games.

And cheat on your games getting your game(s)/account barred, or depending on what payment details you have saved possibly buy/gift a load of games.

diamount · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:32

Rroff said:
And cheat on your games getting your game(s)/account barred, or depending on what payment details you have saved possibly buy/gift a load of games.

Your payment details aren't saved after a transaction.

davido_labido · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:36

they are on mine

Rroff · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:37

diamount said:
Your payment details aren't saved after a transaction.

You can have a cached payment method on steam.

diamount · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:41

Rroff said:
You can have a cached payment method on steam.

Yes, but those are through payment gateways which have their own anti-fraud systems. So an IP originating from an entirely different country would probably flag a transaction up as fraudulent.

colax · 7 Mar 2014 at 06:17

If it says it was authorized it means they have access to your email, because they entered the Steam Guard code correctly. Emails can be reflagged as unread by most email programs so get changing those passwords and run some scans.

Usually they steal your Game items (TF2 Hats, CS:GO Guns, ETC), trading cards, backrounds, and emotes. Or just generally carp on you with a VAC ban on games.

bledd · 7 Mar 2014 at 06:27

Use a crazy password for your email.

Use a different crazy password for Steam.

Very good site here for testing passwords.
https://howsecureismypassword.net/

^Personally, I'd only type in something 'similar' to my password into a site like that, but you get the idea. Good for testing your old passwords to see how insecure they are.

-My email password (edited a bit for the site)

It would take a desktop PC about
6 decillion years
to crack your password