The Guardian: The Steam gaming platform is having to cope with frequent and varied attacks, with reams of user data posted online by malicious hackers, security experts have warned. Online cyber criminal forums are littered with Steam credentials harvested by botnets – networks of infected PCs controlled by hackers – selling for small sums.
A post seen by The Guardian from one dark web dealer on a Russian forum offered a full log of Steam-related data from their botnet for just $15 (£9), which likely included usernames and passwords. The malicious software sitting on infected machines making up a botnet often has a feature to siphon off login credentials.
