No, your vapor data has not been leaked, confirms the valve

Valve has confirmed that her Steam password or other private information was not triggered. In addition, Valve stated that the leak comes from another source as a Steam and does not provide any information that has to worry in any way to worry.

In a statement sent to Gamespot, a representative of valves said: “Yesterday we were informed about reports of Leck's older text messages that were previously sent to Steam customers. We examined the leak sample and found that this is not a violation of Steam systems.”

The security company underdark was the first to report the alleged leaks and wrote about LinkedIn that information of 89 million Steam accounts was sold on the dark web. However, Valve corrected that the leak came from the SMS service, sends the temporary two-factor registration codes. Valve said that the telephone numbers were leaked, but that all information about their Steam account, including the account that the telephone numbers are bound, were not leaked through.

Valve continued the statement by saying that vapor users do not have to change their passwords or have to be concerned after this fear, but Valve will continue to research to determine the origin of the violation. The company recommends that users activate the Steam Mobile Authenticator because it offers a safe way to authenticate their account compared to SMS authorization.

You can read Valve's full statement about GameSpot below:

“Yesterday we were drawn to reports on Leck's older text messages that were previously sent to Steam customers. We examined the leak sample and found that this is not a violation of Steam systems.

We still dig into the source of the leak, which is reinforced by the fact that SMS messages are unencrypted during the transit and are led by several providers on the way to your phone.

The leak consisted of older text messages that contained unique codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the telephone numbers they sent. The telephone numbers have not linked the leaked data with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data. Old text messages cannot be used to violate the security of your Steam account. Whenever a code is used to change your Steam -E email or password using SMS, you will receive confirmation by e -mail and/or Steam Secure messages.

From the steam's point of view, customers do not have to change their passwords or telephone numbers due to this event. It is a good memory of the treatment of security messages from accounts that you have not expressly requested as suspicious. We recommend checking your Steam account regular security at any time.

We also recommend that Steam users set up the Steam Mobile Authenticator if this is not the case, as we have the best way to send safe messages about your account and the security of this account. “