If you own Escape from Tarkov on Steam, be careful with your account. Hackers are gaining access and locking players out.
Why are players afraid? As YouTuber Onepeg reports on X, an unknown person claims to be able to bypass the login for Escape from Tarkov for all players using a vulnerability in the Steam API from Battlestate Games.
To protect yourself, the YouTuber recommends disconnecting the link between Steam and your “Escape from Tarkov” account if you do not own and launch the game exclusively through Steam.
However, some players point out that the progress of players may be reset when disconnecting the account link. This information is currently unclear and unconfirmed.
Account Loss or Unintentional Wipes
This is what hacked accounts can expect: In the comments of the X post, various users report that their Tarkov account has indeed been hacked. Unknown individuals seem to have gained access to the accounts and changed the password to exclude the actual owners.
Other players seem to still have access to their accounts, but their game progress has been reset by the hackers. Users with two-factor authentication and various Twitch streamers have also been affected.
In another post on X, Onepeg explained that the Twitch channel “HuntPremier” was hit during a livestream. The channel streams competitive matches and tournaments for Escape from Tarkov and Escape from Tarkov: Arena. In the channel’s VoD, you can see how the operator of the channel was suddenly logged out during the broadcast and had to log back in. Subsequently, his progress was reset.
Nikita Buyanov, the head of the development studio Battlestate Games and game director of Escape from Tarkov, responded that the developers have already taken measures and initiated investigations (via X). There is currently no official statement from the studio.
Escape from Tarkov was only released on Steam on November 15, 2025, with the release of the 1.0 version of the extraction shooter. The game launched with significant issues, including problems with login and linking accounts. About a month after the Steam release, nearly 45% of over 36,000 reviews are positive, but the latest incident does not help to improve the rating.
With the Steam release, Escape from Tarkov also received a story campaign, with the titular goal of finally leaving the fictional city of Tarkov. In early December, the first person in the history of the shooter managed to do this: After 9 years, someone has finally managed to escape from Tarkov
