Valve has confirmed that some clients’ private particulars could have leaked as a part of a cyberattack on CEVA Logistics. In an electronic mail despatched to Steam account holders, particulars on what occurred, what particulars are in danger, and what it is doing to make amends have been defined.
The assault on CEVA Logistics, which is the corporate that ships Steam {hardware} to clients in Europe, occurred between Wednesday, July 29, 2026, and Saturday, August 1, 2026. On Friday, August 7, Valve turned conscious of precisely what data leaked. Fortunately, no cost particulars, account passwords, or Steam Guard codes have been accessed as a result of they’re by no means shared with CEVA Logistics.
These affected could have seen their postal tackle, telephone quantity, and electronic mail tackle recorded by the hackers. Valve does reiterate that no different info may have been taken, as it’s by no means shared with the logistics firm. As an alternative of getting the entire identical account info as Valve does, “CEVA receives particular delivery-related info from Steam to have the ability to ship bodily {hardware} to clients in Europe, and instructed us these are the main points the attacker doubtless took. As a result of CEVA retains this info for as much as 90 days after that order, we’re sending this message to all clients we will assume have been impacted,” the e-mail explains.
Fortunately, which means you do not have to cancel cost playing cards or change passwords, however you have to to remain vigilant when receiving correspondence about Steam merchandise. You could obtain pretend messages to your electronic mail tackle or telephone, so be additional cautious when partaking with promotional content material despatched on to you.
Valve is working to get a full image of what info has been taken, and the way. It’s “within the strategy of notifying the info safety authorities within the international locations affected. CEVA has remoted the affected programs, taken all offline and introduced in outdoors investigators,” so control additional emails from Valve with extra info. For now, there’s nothing it’s worthwhile to do along with your Steam account.
