You don't have to panic through the latest steam leak

If you have seen messages in which it is said that more than 89 million steam user records are leaked through. Currently in circulation of social media posts indicate that Steam registration information is for sale on the dark web, but these claims do not seem to be true. Even if your data has not actually been affected, it is of course a good idea that additional authentication is set up in your Steam account.

What happened to steam?

Short answer: probably nothing. As XDA reported, X User Mellowonline1, a game journalist, drew attention to a contribution about LinkedIn by Underdark. Mellowonline1 suggested that the leak did not come from the Valve Corporation teams owner-self, but from Twilio, a platform that offers two-factor authentication (2FA) for apps such as STEAM via methods such as SMS, voice, email, WhatsApp, Passkeys, Push notifications and time-based entry-level discussions.

After further investigations, Bleeping computers received an explanation from Twilio, which refused to participate in a violation (and according to an update from Mellowonline1, Valve stated that Twilio does not use it anyway). The data allegedly contained SMS messages with one-time Steam Pass Codes and user numbers, but Pleeping computers were neither able to verify the source, nor could it confirm the claims of the threat actor.

What steam users have to do

This alleged threat does not require an alarm, but it does not hurt to ensure that you set up additional security in your Steam account. You can change your steam password (found under Settings or Prefer) And activate Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator, Steams 2FA function. You should also search for non -authorized registration attempts and contact caution if you deal with messages about your account that come from the steam support, since these may actually have attempts to use the user panic.