iCloud Hack
One of the most difficult scam/hacking methods to spot is the iCloud hack. It is luckily easy to safeguard your skins and your account against it. Read this blog post to understand how.
What is the iCloud hack?
When talking about iCloud hack in regards to Steam, the iCloud hack is a hack of your iCloud account and thereby a hack of your iCloud backup. In the iCloud backup, enough data from your Steam app is stored for hackers to be able to clone and duplicate your Steam app. This includes your Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator, which essentially means your whole account has been compromised.
What to do if you have been iCloud hacked?
If you have experienced the iCloud hack, these are the steps we advise you to take in order to get control of your account once again.
Change your iCloud password.
Delete your iCloud backup for the Steam app. You can find the steps for this below or by pressing this link.
Check your Recent Login History.
Change your Steam password by going to Account Details, find the section Account Security, and pressing Change my password.
Remove your Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator by going to Account Details, find the section Account Security, and pressing Manage Steam Guard. NOTE: You will not be able to trade for 15 days.
Revoke your Steam Web API key by going to this link and pressing Revoke My Steam Web API Key.
Deauthorize devices by going to Account Details, find the section Account Security, and pressing Manage Steam Guard. Once there, press Deauthorize all other devices.
We advise you to add the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator again once you have completed all the steps above.
How to prevent the iCloud hack?
As stated above, it is quite easy to prevent the iCloud hack. You just have to turn the iCloud backup off for the Steam app.
We have made both a text guide and a video guide for this. The text guide can be found below the video.
To turn off the iCloud backup, please follow the steps below
Go to Settings on your iPhone
Press on your name
Press iCloud
Press Manage Storage
Press Backups
Press on the device containing Steam Guard Authenticator (This iPhone)
Press Show All Apps
Turn off Steam
Press Turn Off & Delete (this will delete the iCloud backup for the app, not the Steam app)
You have now avoided getting iCloud hacked in the future!
Remember to share this blog post with your friends that use Apple devices so they can prevent getting iCloud hacked and losing their skins.
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