Valve: Steam Intruders May Have Acquired Personal Info Through Backup File, Investigation Ongoing

Great, more good news. 

Last November, Valve boss Gabe Newell informed his customers that an unidentified group of intruders had compromised Steam's database. At the time, Newell said that Valve did "not have evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information were taken by the intruders, or that the protection on credit card numbers or passwords was cracked."

Today, Newell and company offered an update on their investigation into the hacking attempt, noting that it's "probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file" that contained Steam data from years ago.

Newell writes that there's no evidence that "encrypted credit card numbers or billing addresses have been compromised," but that Steam users should remain vigilant about their credit card activity. 

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