Valve confirms your Steam data wasn’t breached in major hack – here’s how to keep your account safe

• A hacker claimed to have 89 million records of Steam users for sale
• Steam has denied that any of its systems were hacked
• The data probably isn’t as damaging as was originally feared

Recently, it was claimed that gaming platform Steam suffered a major security breach, with up to 89 million user accounts supposedly having their credentials sold on the dark web. But new information has come to light that shows this wasn’t a hack at all – but there are still things you can do to keep your account safe.

As we reported initially, a known cybercriminal had claimed to be in possession of a database consisting of 89 million Steam user records, including phone numbers and one-time access codes. The hacker was attempting to sell the database for $5,000, which is a strangely low sum for such a large amount of ...