Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware

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Federal authorities person arrested a Florida antheral suspected of stealing astatine slightest $220,000 successful crypto done malware-infected Steam games, arsenic reported earlier by section quality outlet Local10. In the complaint, officials impeach 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins and co-conspirators of launching 8 malware-embedded games from astir May 2024 to February 2026, allowing them to infect astir 8,000 devices and summation entree to 80 crypto wallets.

Though the ailment doesn't specifically accidental the games were uploaded to Steam, it's apt referring to the Valve-owned gaming platform. As noted by Local10, the FBI enactment retired a telephone for unfortunate information successful a "Steam …

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