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Friday, 7/17, 04:31 PM

FBI Arrests a Florida Man Over Crypto-Stealing Malware Hidden in Steam Games

  • Federal prosecutors have charged a 21-year-old Florida man over a scheme that allegedly hid cryptocurrency-stealing malware inside games published on Steam, draining about $220,000 from roughly 80 wallets.
  • It is a vivid example of how thieves are hunting crypto: not by hacking the blockchain, but by infecting the computers where people keep their keys.

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