{"id":303053,"date":"2025-05-15T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=354855"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:38:13","slug":"valve-has-suffered-a-data-breach-but-your-data-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/valve-has-suffered-a-data-breach-but-your-data-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve has suffered a data breach, but your data is safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valve has confirmed that the recent alarm regarding a supposed data breach affecting more than 89 million Steam users is unfounded. <strong>The company clarified that what was being offered on the dark web were old text messages related to two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and not a real breach of their systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Valve has managed to save the furniture<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The initial uproar was triggered by a report published by a LinkedIn user, Underdark.ai, who claimed that a member on dark web forums was selling a dataset that included information from millions of Steam accounts for about $5,000. <strong>According to Valve, after examining the sample of data presented, it was determined that it only contained records of temporary SMS messages that do not compromise passwords or payment information<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing Steam Deck\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlWgZhMtlWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>These 2FA codes are ephemeral, active only for 15 minutes, and are not directly related to sensitive user data.<strong> Valve emphasized that, although these messages may include phone numbers, they do not allow unauthorized access to Steam accounts<\/strong>. Additionally, the company assured that users would receive confirmations via email or secure Steam messages if an attempt is made to change the email or password using one of these codes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In this context, Valve advises users to regularly check the authorized devices page on the platform and enable the Steam Mobile Authenticator as a security measure. <strong>In addition, it is suggested to use a password manager to enhance account security<\/strong>. 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The company clarified that what was being offered on the dark web were old text messages related to two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and not a real breach of their systems. Valve has managed to salvage the situation. The initial uproar was triggered by a report published by a LinkedIn user, Underdark.ai, who claimed that a member on dark web forums had a set for sale [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":303054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[11419,11420,11421,11422,1640,1056,11423,1944],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-303053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-2fa","tag-autenticador","tag-breacha-de-seguridad","tag-contrasenas","tag-linkedin","tag-steam","tag-underdark-ai","tag-valve","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303062,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303053\/revisions\/303062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303053"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=303053"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=303053"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=303053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}