Hackers Turn Up Heat on Steam Gaming Platform
Valve's Steam platform has been hit by hackers. Although the gaming company says there's no evidence the intruders made off with users' credit card numbers or personal information, its asking customers to change passwords and keep a close eye on their statements. Up to 35 million gamers with accounts on Steam , the multiplayer and digital games distribution platform developed by Valve , may be at risk following a breach of its database. Information in the database included usernames, passwords, data on members' game purchases, and members' email and billing addresses and encrypted credit card information, Valve said on Thursday. However, there's no evidence that the hackers stole encrypted card numbers or information that could personally identify anyone, Valve claims. There's also no evidence that members' credit cards are being fraudulently used by third parties, Valve added. The first indication of the attack was the defacing of Ste