HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

US VALVE CORPORATION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 6, 2011

Filed

Feb 8, 2012

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for US VALVE CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

Valve Corporation disclosed a network intrusion discovered in November 2011. Investigation revealed that intruders likely obtained a database containing Steam user transactions from 2004-2008 in 2009. Affected data includes usernames, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses, and encrypted credit card information. Valve engaged outside security experts and is cooperating with the FBI. No evidence of encryption compromise or credit card misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 6, 2011 → Notified Feb 6, 201292d ✗ CA 60-day late13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1039 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Jan 1, 2009

Begins

Nov 6, 2011

Discovered

Feb 8, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_8c3f8bd898a5063a2012-02-08Verified

Name: US VALVE CORPORATION
norm: us valve

Name: US VALVE CORPORATION
norm: us valve
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2011
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009
Undetected for: 1,039 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2012
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Working with the Seattle FBI office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside security experts
Working with the Seattle FBI office
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 92d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 6, 2011
→ Notified: Feb 6, 2012
92d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 6, 2011 → Notified: Feb 6, 2012	92d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 8 · first

California State AGFeb 8 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-22302
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2012
Raw hash: 08b8de14b3bcfdb034c50568b7b210ecfacc2f2ddac6cf5543f9199ca0d99b91

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUS VALVE CORPORATION

Victim entityUS VALVE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2011

Stated responseEngaged outside security experts

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov