Spate of Steam account hacks and fraudulent charges hits PC bang users
Users who accessed Steam at PC bangs (internet cafés) suffered a series of account hacks and fraudulent payments. Even accounts protected by Steam Guard were hacked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Steam user accounts hijacked and fraudulent payments
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataUsername
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- Account hacks and fraudulent payments affecting Steam users at PC bangs were reported.
- It was reported that even accounts protected by Steam Guard had been hacked.
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