Steam passwords and other data were reportedly at risk after an alleged security issue, according to some reports, but a communications firm has now refuted that claim. Steam is one of the most popular platforms for PC gaming and has been the target of hackers in the past, but the service is often regarded as one of the most secure as well. If this security breach had occurred, it would have affected nearly 70 percent of Steam's user base.
In a statement made by a Twilo representative to BleepingComputer, the company refuted the purported Steam data breach, saying, "We have reviewed a sampling of the data found online, and see no indication that this data was obtained from Twilio" (via SC Media).
It was reported by underdark.ai on LinkedIn that there was an alleged post from a "threat actor" known as Machine1337 on a "dark web forum" claiming to have breached Steam and supposedly had the following information: a Telegram contact for the $5000 ransom purchase of 89 million Steam users' data, a link to sample data hosted on Gofile, and mentions of internal vendor data (via VG247).
Later, underdark.ai updated their post and claimed there was "new...
