Steve Kovach December 25, 2015 at 02:03PM
Steam, the online market for PC games, is experiencing major glitches.
Steam users who logged in were getting access to other users' accounts. We've also seen reports on social media that some people were able to make purchases with other users' credit cards.
In fact, simply visiting the Steam store website gave anyone access to another user's account. It appears that Valve, the company that runs Steam, has shut down the store as it deals with the glitch.
It's unclear what the cause is, and we'll be reaching out to Valve and monitoring the situation. The company has not shared any updates on social media. But according to the moderator on Steam's Reddit page, Valve is aware and working on the issue.
There's been speculation on Twitter and elsewhere that the hacker group Lizard Squad, which took down the Xbox and PlayStation online gaming networks during Christmas last year, is responsible for the Steam glitch. However, no one has claimed responsibility yet.
Think of Steam as the App Store for PC games. Users can store their credit card info and purchase games for download to their PC. Steam has over 125 million active users, making it the largest PC game market in the world.
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Steam is experiencing major glitches and giving people access to each others' accounts from Business Insider: Steve Kovach
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