Valve debunked reports that over 89 million Steam accounts were at risk due to a data breach of SMS text messages that were used as two-factor authentication (2FA). While Valve said it would continue its investigation into the matter, the company assured Steam users that the leaked data was not associated with any Steam account information whatsoever.
As the top gaming distribution platform available on PCs since 2003, millions of Steam users login to Valve's service each day. Though other apps such as the Epic Games Store, GOG Galaxy, and Xbox for Windows have emerged as competitors, Steam remains the most visited PC gaming service. Periodically, Steam responds to user feedback with app updates that introduce highly-requested features, such as hiding a game from friends and other users or banning paid forced advertising as a revenue model, which would force players to interact with ads in games or offer incentives to watch through them without consent.
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Although reports of a Steam data breach stated that millions of accounts were at risk due to an apparent SMS...
