Don't shrug off the Steam leak; you may have become a target

It's "just" phone numbers and old texts, but those can be dangerous, too.

May 15, 2025 - 11:36
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Don't shrug off the Steam leak; you may have become a target

A breach has affected gaming's beloved Valve, with some 89 million records relating to Steam users and 2FA codes being the trove of data up for sale, though we know now that Valve itself didn't suffer the breach. While many were quick to dispel the seriousness of the leak, others questioned whether it was even real. The data references Twilio as the "Vendor Name", though Twilio has denied suffering a breach, and Valve took nearly 24 hours to release a statement aside from confirming to MellowOnline1 that they do not use Twilio's services. I managed to get a copy of the sample data when the news first broke, and having reviewed it, I don't necessarily believe it's as much of a nothingburger as many are making it out to be.