Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 My Steam turned Russian, some people are reporting stolen games and changes on multiple accounts. Here's my client now. I don't know what to do, it seems that we are powerless, I'll stay logged until everything's fixed and won't click anything on the web part of the client (which seems to be the one affected by it). http://kotaku.com/steam-goes-nuts-offers-access-to-other-peoples-account-1749718979 Ah, and merry christmas to everyone, there are more important things in life than gaming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 It has happened before on Steam, I'm not sure if it is a hack or just Steam bugging out and showing the wrong details on some parts of Steam. As for SIs stance, I'm sure they will just say that it is a Steam issue and not an SI issue, which it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 It has happened before on Steam, I'm not sure if it is a hack or just Steam bugging out and showing the wrong details on some parts of Steam.As for SIs stance, I'm sure they will just say that it is a Steam issue and not an SI issue, which it is. Yes, so it seems, I went to my account details and I got into another Chilean account details, that sucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I'm trying to remember what happened the last time this happened, I think it was a couple of years ago. I really can't remember tbh, although there are a lot of people over at the Steam forums freaking out, I guess we will just have to wait on Valve commenting on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3y7r0b/do_not_login_to_any_steam_websites/ It goes without saying, but avoid logging into any Steam websites until the security issue has been remedied.If you know you're already logged in, do NOT visit any Steam Community or Steam Store URL. This includes any internet browser and the Steam Desktop/Mobile Client! Playing games online should be fine. It'll also prevent anybody else from logging into your account via desktop client. Explanation according to Steam DB: Valve is having caching issues, allowing users to view things such as account information of other users. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Valve have pulled the plug now, the store is down, just have to wait on them fixing it now and wait for any fallout from whatever it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
le_crab Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Can I play fm now or not? My steam is in offline mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 There won't be any problems with playing games, it is not a hack, it is a caching issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
le_crab Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Thanks . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Indeed, it has become more like a privacy issue as many people could see your personal info such email, last 4 digits of your cell phone and other stuff. I´ve clicked my own profile 3 times and (sadly) I got the info of 2 Chileans and a Finnish dude. I recommend everyone to change their Steam emails next week when everything should be sorted out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 They can't do anything with just your email address. Also let's put it into perspective here, this was not a hack but a glitch in their cache software. If it is a hack then people are waiting and ready to steal your info, with this, as bad as it is, the people viewing your limited info could not care less about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 They can't do anything with just your email address.Also let's put it into perspective here, this was not a hack but a glitch in their cache software. If it is a hack then people are waiting and ready to steal your info, with this, as bad as it is, the people viewing your limited info could not care less about it. I could bet that someone gathered mail addresses with a bot, glitches are exploitable. I'm gonna change the title though, as you said it wasn't a hack afterall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 In the event that Steam is compromised it has absolutely nothing to do with SI or Sega. If you are unable to play your games or access your account then you will have to contact Steam. There is absolutely nothing that SI or Sega can do about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 In the event that Steam is compromised it has absolutely nothing to do with SI or Sega.If you are unable to play your games or access your account then you will have to contact Steam. There is absolutely nothing that SI or Sega can do about it. Maybe glance through the thread next time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakon Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Btw, OP, that's Polish, not Russian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Yeah, it cycled through various languages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 SI will undoubtedly say that this is a Steam problem which Steam and Valve are well aware of and as such, there is little that they can say apart from asking users to check the steam news for updates and further information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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