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Monday, 02/13/2012 1:30:17 PM

Monday, February 13, 2012 1:30:17 PM

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Hackers probably stole Steam transaction data, Valve says
by Lucian Constantin, IDG News Service
Feb 13, 2012 10:00 am

Valve has informed users of its Steam online game distribution platform that hackers have probably downloaded encrypted credit card transaction data from a backup database during an intrusion last year.

In November 2011, Valve announced that hackers gained unauthorized access to Steam’s user database, but said that there was no evidence to suggest a leak of encrypted credit card details at that time.

However, that has since changed. “Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008,” said Gabe Newell, Valve’s co-founder and managing director, in an email sent Friday to Steam users.
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