FBI investigates Steam games with hidden malware

4 days ago 2
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Download any dubious games from Steam over the past few years? You very well could've downloaded malware onto your computer — and now FBI wants to know about it.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Seattle division is currently seeking out potential victims of games sold on Steam with hidden malware. The agency has set up a form that gamers can fill out here.

According to the agency, threat actors targeted Steam users between May 2024 and January 2026. The FBI has already identified a number of Steam games that turned out to have malware embedded: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.

The FBI's form asks for some basic information fr...

Source: https://mashable.com/article/fbi-investigating-steam-games-hidden-malware

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