If you’re like me and have been buying the best PC games on Steam digitally for the past 20 years, you might want to change your password, as a hacker is currently selling millions of account details on the dark web.
A hacker, who goes by the handles Machine1337 and EnergyWeapon user online, recently made a post on a dark web forum in an attempt to sell over 89 million Steam user records. All of this leaked data, including one-time access codes, can be had for the low price of just $5,000.
After examining the leaked files, which there are 3,000 records, BleepingComputer found historic SMS messages with one-time passcodes and phone numbers for accounts on the digital distribution platform. In a post on X, independent games journalist Mellow_Online1 provided further details explaining that it’s likely that Steam itself didn’t suffer a data breach and instead, an external service used by Valve for the platform was targeted.
