The FBI has launched an investigation into a hacker believed to be behind the release of several video games embedded with malware on the widely-used PC gaming platform, Steam. This revelation came to light on Friday as the agency sought to identify and assist potential victims who may have unknowingly downloaded these malicious titles.
List of Suspected Games
Among the games flagged by the FBI as potentially harmful are:
- BlockBlasters
- Chemia
- Dashverse/DashFPS
- Lampy
- Lunara
- PirateFi
- Tokenova
These titles are believed to have been developed by the same cybercriminal over the past two years and were hosted on the Steam store, posing a significant risk to unsuspecting gamers.
This incident is not an isolated one; it echoes a similar occurrence from the previous year when hackers managed to upload games containing malware onto the Valve-owned marketplace. Although these games were operational, they were designed as Trojan horses, cleverly deceiving players into installing harmful software on their systems. While Steam eventually removed these titles, the damage had already been done, leaving an unknown number of users vulnerable to infection.
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As of now, neither Valve nor the FBI has responded to inquiries regarding this ongoing investigation.
