Question about getting hacked

i don't get it. why so many people are getting scammed/hacked?

refund to whom? your scammed friends?

how did the hacker transfer your stuff anyway, you get a 7 day trade lock when you lock in from a new device ...

anyway, you can't be "forced" to refund anyone, it was not your fault, though your friends may be pissed. just explain the situation to them.

by the way, if you're talking about TF2 items, you might be able to track them using services like backpack.tf

Contact Steam support, they can reverse steam trading operations for the last couple of days. Aside from that - NEVER log in at random sites that pretend to be STEAM. Good luck, mate ;)

If you typed somewhere your password in a phishing website, is not considered "hacking", you got scammed, no you don't need to refund items he stole, because you didn't, if he traded using your account support can revert trades. Lately some level 0-1 ppl with F2p games try to add me, I just ignore or block them, but usually they use stolen accounts too, seems they're bots who add you after you bump your thread in ST.

I've mentioned it before.. and maybe now there is more public evidence to support what I said..
There is a very easy way that a person can force a trade if they have your ip and login/pass, there are also "phishing" sites that install malware and gather this information.. and people sending links to those sites over steam chat.