The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old alleged to have stolen $220,000 through Steam using malware-ridden games
The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Florida man accused of stealing approximately $220,000 in cryptocurrency using malware embedded in eight games distributed on Steam. The malware was designed to steal passwords and access cryptocurrency wallets. The games have since been removed from the platform.
Eurogamer
- Entities
- PirateFi
- Valve
- BlockBlasters
- Cybercrime
- Malware
- Activision Blizzard
- Lampy
- Cryptocurrency
- PC
- Steam
- Lunara
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