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89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your password
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this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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I hate articles like this. Given I am 99% certain Steam will not be storing my password in a compromisable way, what is the point of changing it?
From what I understand, these passwords (and the accounts they are linked to) are in a usable form to whoever is buying the lists.
2FA protects you, but changing your password isn't a bad idea (and should be done on a regular basis anyway).
I hear that being said, but how? If Steam is following best practices of the last several decades, which I'm sure it does, it doesn't have the passwords in usable form.
The problem is, this "leak" did not come from Steam's mishandling of data, but the third-party used to processes 2FA authentication.
Who shouldn't be within a thousand feet of passwords.
Way more than just passwords, apparently.
And here's an article saying otherwise.
https://www.vg247.com/steam-vendor-data-breach-passwords-89-million-users-dark-web
Again, the panic smells rotten because Steam should not have a plaintext copy of your password, it should be hashed, and there's just no way steam isn't doing that.
That's a promising update! Thank you for posting.
Funny how even the URL of that article suggests that passwords were breached. LOL