89 Million Steam Accounts Allegedly Compromised in a Data Breach. Our Advice: Change Your Password Now

A recent data breach has reportedly affected users of Steam, Valve's wildly popular online gaming store and distribution platform. The origin of the breach has not yet been confirmed, and Valve did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment. First reported by Underdark, a cybersecurity company, on LinkedIn, the information of 89 million Steam accounts popped up for sale on the dark web. The data allegedly includes users' one-time passwords and phone numbers. The threat actor says it's auctioning off this information for $5,000. According to Steam's stats page, more than 30 million concurrent Steam users were online at the time of this writing. If you have a Steam account, you should change your password now to keep your game library -- and financial information -- secure. Here are some additional ways to protect your account. How to protect your Steam account The first thing every Steam account holder should do right now is change their password. At the very least, this ... Read full article.