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The recent leak being reported did NOT breach Steam systems
  • subtext@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    17 hours ago

    TL;DR

    We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.

    You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at https://store.steampowered.com/account/authorizeddevices

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    292·
    17 hours ago

    i’ve yet to see an mfa that is as usable and streamlined as steam’s

    changed my pw anyway. i don’t know, and don’t really want to know how much money i’ve got sunk into my acct, but it’s a lot

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      16 hours ago

      I don’t know, and don’t really want to know how much money i’ve got sunk into my acct, but it’s a lot

      Oh you can know. It’s a viewable page within the menu. I’ll leave it to you to search up on where.

      • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        14 hours ago

        People need to stop acting like it’s some scary thing to know.

        https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend

        Don’t just open it, see thousands of dollars spent, react like it is some huge expenditure and close it without thinking things through. Don’t forget that the account is years old and when you do some simple division it going to come out to $30 a month or some number that is reasonable for you to spend on a hobby that you have spent hundreds to thousands of hours enjoying.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago

          I also pro-rate the value of my games like this. For instance, Helldivers 2: paid $39.99 (€35,76), played 537 hours. That’s $0.001 (€0,0012) or 1/10th of a cent per hour of play. Even if I add $2000 (€1.788,61) for the PC I play on that still only comes to $3.79 (€4.24) an hour.

          Hard to beat that price per hour of entertainment.

          My Steam spend over the lifetime of my account comes to $25 (€27,97) a month which is a decent monthly entertainment cost. Of course that doesn’t account for additional spending on other entertainment but putting the total spent amount in perspective is definitely good to do, so thanks for pointing that out for those who need it.

          Edit: added € costs

        • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          I’ve had my account since Portal was released, so that’s around 20 years ago? Frankly I’d be shocked if I’ve spent even $1k and over 20 years? That doesn’t sound too bad. Almost everything I’ve bought has been on sale, or fairly inexpensive to begin with.

        • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          5 hours ago

          When I calculate the “time of fun per euro spent” I’m always shocked how cheap videogames are. Even something like the new Doom, which is 70 euros for 16 hours of play, comes down to €4.40 per hour (or just under 14 minutes per euro). And we consider that ridiculously expensive for a “short” game.

          Try doing anything for < €5 per hour.

          Then I look at something like Warhammer total war, and I’m up to 132 minutes per euro spent

          • Disaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            There is also the cost of power and computer hardware to factor in, which probably raises the barrier to entry, but you’re right. Once you have all the equipment or have it anyway for other purposes, it’s very cheap.