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Gabe says encrypted credit card information probably stolen from Steam

store.steampowered.com Feb 10, 2012

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makzFeb 10, 2012Buried

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no one happened to see Half Life 3 while you where in there ?

zjm9133Feb 10, 2012Buried

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So ETFs and auto-pays are out of the question? Man that's a pain in the ass to have to resign up every month for a service. So much for Netflix, Spotify, and all those other great services I use that are autopay.

elimgarakFeb 11, 2012Buried

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And then we invented computers and automatic bill pay. And the Internet.

zjm9133Feb 11, 2012Buried

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People used to use a quill, get mumps, and have slaves what's your point?

Also checks are even easier to forge and offer less protection when stolen.

jivatmanxFeb 10, 2012Buried

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If they didn't store the security codes, than people won't be able to make false charges, though of course you should still change your card #.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies DO store the security codes, even though they are not supposed to.

agmlauncherFeb 10, 2012Buried

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That's it. From now on I'm buying visa prepaid cards at a bank with cash, and using those to buy things online. This is absurd. I'm so god damn sick of companies storing credit card information. It should be a FEDERAL f**kING LAW that if you take someone's credit card information, it only gets used in that session and never touches a database. Ever.

aksn1p3rFeb 10, 2012Buried

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Luckily I don't put credit card info on the web, I trust Paypal more.

daniel940Feb 11, 2012Buried

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A headcrab on both your houses.

linksusFeb 11, 2012Buried

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So..

This happened ages ago. It hold ENCRYPTED information and tbh since the break in, There has been no reports of peoples cards being used from it?

Seems like a non issue.

Thanks though Gabe for being honest.

gyrocaptainFeb 15, 2012Buried

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I'm resigned to the fact that no person, corporation or entity is untouchable -- everyone is going to get hacked sooner or later. I guess the least we can demand for personal data to be encrypted and for full disclosure/alerts when the infrastructure has been comprimised.

jivatmanxFeb 10, 2012Buried

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Funny, people used to have to write this thing called a "Check" every single month to pay all of their bills.

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