cm0002@lemmy.world to Steam@lemmy.world · 1 month ago89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your passwordwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-link89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your passwordwww.xda-developers.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Steam@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSketchySeaBeastlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd here’s an article saying otherwise. https://www.vg247.com/steam-vendor-data-breach-passwords-89-million-users-dark-web Again, the panic smells rotten because Steam should not have a plaintext copy of your password, it should be hashed, and there’s just no way steam isn’t doing that.
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s a promising update! Thank you for posting. Funny how even the URL of that article suggests that passwords were breached. LOL
And here’s an article saying otherwise.
https://www.vg247.com/steam-vendor-data-breach-passwords-89-million-users-dark-web
Again, the panic smells rotten because Steam should not have a plaintext copy of your password, it should be hashed, and there’s just no way steam isn’t doing that.
That’s a promising update! Thank you for posting.
Funny how even the URL of that article suggests that passwords were breached. LOL