Recover friends after hack deleted all of them

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ThePoopyOne Feb 21, 2021 @ 6:23pm

My account was hacked. They tried to buy something but it didn't go through; however, they were able to wipe all my friends list, add me to new groups, and delete all my profile information.

How do I get my friends back and reset my profile to pre-hack status? I already went through steps to update my email security and steam password, but I don't have any of my contacts.

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Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Feb 21, 2021 @ 6:37pm

Since you recover your account ensure to do these steps as well.
1. Scan for malware https://www.malwarebytes.com/
2. Deauthorize all other devices https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
3. Change passwords from a clean computer
4. Generate new backup codes for your Mobile App https://store.steampowered.com/twofactor/manage
5. Revoke the API key https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey (there should be nothing in the APIKEY)

To learn more how to protect yourself online from scammers follow this link.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3118150513194609531/#c3118150513194894458

To answer your following questions there is no such thing as "pre-hack status" you have to manually put things back yourself.

For restore friends, to find your history on that there might be some luck, or not for 3rd party sites, they do not work for, nor are they own by Steam / Valve, they're a 3rd party site just so you know. You can try like Steamid.uk maybe they be some of help, or any other site that does profile history, and such best of luck.