Nope. Mine was unchanged.
Steam security issue revealed personal info to other users on XMas Day (fixed)
- Thread starter Quirah
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I recently got a pre-paid CC just for Steam, PSN and so on. People were laughing at me saying that I'm paranoid. I added the CC as a payment option to Steam about 3-4 hours ago, had dinner, came back, saw this thread, checked my CC:
Guess who is laughing now.
Do you own the bought game on your account or was it gifted?
LurkerPrime
Member
I'm inclined to wait until Valve says everyone is fixed.
...I dunno if I can wait that long.
...I dunno if I can wait that long.
If you have not viewed any of your own private data today on Steam (prior to the fix*, which has gone out), then it is impossible for any of your private data to have been seen by anyone else.
If you did view any of your private data today on Steam, then that data was cached and may have possibly been viewed by a random** person. That data includes your e-mail address, name, phone number, and possibly your censored payment information.
*There's no guarantee that the issue has been completely fixed, so I don't suggest viewing any of your private Steam data until further notice. This includes staying away from the checkout pages. Staying logged in is fine.
**Who was able to view your cached page isn't actually random, but it's a little complicated to explain, and I don't know how Steam does things internally, so yeah.
Apologies but I don't really understand caching but I tried to log in to my account a couple of hours ago when it all started and couldn't get as far as ever viewing my own information. I seen my own log in name but when I went to go further another account information was shown. I never physically seen my own email address etc, does this mean my account info wasn't cached?
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I recently got a pre-paid CC just for Steam, PSN and so on. People were laughing at me saying that I'm paranoid. I added the CC as a payment option to Steam about 3-4 hours ago, had dinner, came back, saw this thread, checked my CC:
Guess who is laughing now.
When you get a chance (and if you feel it's safe to), can you please log on and look at your purchase history. Does it show a purchase made?
http://steamed.kotaku.com/valve-explains-why-steam-customer-service-is-still-terr-1736988223
I guess it is time to find out if they actually met their set date for this.
I guess it is time to find out if they actually met their set date for this.
Mr Waluigi
Banned
Jesus Christ I'm screwed
I have a Steam account from years back, but it's using my girlfriend's gmail, and because I don't remember her login, it won't let me connect (as I need a code sent to her gmail)
I have no idea whether I left my credit card info on there or not, but I tend to fuck everything up so I probably did
I really hope I don't get a Christmas "present"
I have a Steam account from years back, but it's using my girlfriend's gmail, and because I don't remember her login, it won't let me connect (as I need a code sent to her gmail)
I have no idea whether I left my credit card info on there or not, but I tend to fuck everything up so I probably did
I really hope I don't get a Christmas "present"
Exr
Member
This thread is hilarious
I recently got a pre-paid CC just for Steam, PSN and so on. People were laughing at me saying that I'm paranoid. I added the CC as a payment option to Steam about 3-4 hours ago, had dinner, came back, saw this thread, checked my CC:
Guess who is laughing now.
I don't know who's laughing.
But I'm wondering, did you look at your purchase history? Did they gift a game or did they buy something on your account.
Last question: if they bought a game for you, is it good?
Auto-Reply
Member
Store is back in client window, my 0,14 cents are still there... nobody bought something with it.
butzopower
proud of his butz
First thing that has GOT to go is the automatic filling out your billing address and contact information when adding a new card.
ShinRPGamer
Member
Same thing on my end. I should be in the clear as well correct? There's nothing out of the ordinary from my account as well.
Dodged that bullet.
Lol. Talking about perfect timing...
I recently got a pre-paid CC just for Steam, PSN and so on. People were laughing at me saying that I'm paranoid. I added the CC as a payment option to Steam about 3-4 hours ago, had dinner, came back, saw this thread, checked my CC:
Guess who is laughing now.
What's this Steamgames.com website?
That's probably your local browser cache.
Nope its not, just used ccleaner and clear evertything through chrome...still showing a mexican guy page
The total silence from Valve is not making them look that great here. Especially when the dirty laundry is still in front of everyone's eyes, in the form of cached search pages.
Yeah, the poor guy is a living example of Valve's failure.
Yeah, the poor guy is a living example of Valve's failure.
Do you receive messages if someone (you) changes something important in your account (like deleting payment information)? I've logged into my account and I can see that there's no CC info stored there even though I used to use Visa payments before. Now I'm not sure whether I deleted those info once I started using PayPal (thankfully I've never saved PP info in Steam) or if someone deleted it for me during the Steam fuckup.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
You should be safe if you haven't logged in for a while, since apparently the only pages showing up are people who checked their details, which was cached, and then 'viewable' by others.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
So intered my steam account, becuase fuck valve, im not waiting for them to give a response in a "few" days, and unlinkied my cc account.
Tried to see what info you could see. It only shows my last 4 phone numbers, and same with the cc number before I unlinked.
They only thing they could see in full was my email and knowing my country.
Tried to see what info you could see. It only shows my last 4 phone numbers, and same with the cc number before I unlinked.
They only thing they could see in full was my email and knowing my country.
Real life personal information is more important than a few games. You can't "un-leak" the information. On the other hand you will regain access to the games and i assume all transactions will be reversed when everything is fixed.
So when comparing temporary loss of access to games vs the information leak. The leak is the more important of the two.
Haunted
Member
Don't run into a burning building even if you're worried.
So you cant give me anything after saying that i've been misleading people this entire thread?
Give me something or stop posting crap.
Milestoned
Member
Bought, something that I'd never buy, I guess the other guy did this by accident.
Wickerbasket
Member
Who are you talking about? I'm only seeing people who are pissed that Valve gave their details out to a bunch of random people. It really shouldn't have happened.
To the bolded, it's cost those companies multiple millions to set it right.
Why should this be related to the used browser. That would be weird.
Mr Waluigi
Banned
Thanks, I really hope so.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
If I add PayPal right now will I be locked out of anything?
On your Steam profile page, next to your name, there's a little arrow with opens a drop down menu with all your previous screen names. Is there any way to clear this? My account name is one of them, and I know I'm probably being a tad paranoid, but I'd love to see it removed.
So accounts are STILL viewable through search engines? Yeah, I'm sure that is not being abused at all.
JSoup
Banned
....I know, that was the point I made two pages ago when the argument of importance was brought up and two people missed the obvious sarcasm I used.
cartographer
Member
Shhh. Praise Gaben.
i just looked at someone's account using google's cache..
sigh..
Damn...
Herpes Reasons
Banned
I recently got a pre-paid CC just for Steam, PSN and so on. People were laughing at me saying that I'm paranoid. I added the CC as a payment option to Steam about 3-4 hours ago, had dinner, came back, saw this thread, checked my CC:
Guess who is laughing now.
Oh no! Any purchase made by someone else will be credited back to your bank account or credit card and Valve will fix your account. Not a big deal.
Krappadizzle
Member
Store is back up.
Haunted
Member
crawlers having a field day right now
spons
Gold Member
Is that in the Steam client? If so, restart it... that fixed it for me.
No way to remove it. You have to fill it up with other names to 'hide' it.
Hoffelcopter
Member
This is one of the biggest fuck ups I've seen in my gaming career.
For me, Steam charges show up as "SteamPowered.COM STEAM GAMES WA"
But, might be different since he's outside of the US.
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