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Industry observers note that they don’t need your most sensitive information to pull it off, either. A recent breach involving Steam devices customers is a good example of this. The more a scammer knows about you, the more convincing the scam can become.
In a fresh development, the breach happened occurred at Valve’s logistics partner, CEVA Logistics. First reported by Engadget, Valve recently warned European customers who purchased Steam devices that some personal information might have been compromised.
According to the latest update, payment information and Steam account credentials weren’t affected, but Valve warned that the information could be used in fraudulent emails, texts, or phone calls. The data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and order details.
As part of the ongoing story, it has also notified European data protection authorities. Valve states that it’s working with CEVA Logistics to figure out exactly what data was stolen.
As part of the ongoing story, this article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
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