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Article: The FBI is investigating malware hidden inside games hosted on Steam

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The FBI is investigating a hacker for publishing multiple video games containing malware on the Steam store. The agency named several specific games, including BlockBlasters and Tokenova, that were used to infect users' computers.

This follows previous incidents where hackers uploaded functional but rudimentary games to Steam as a Trojan horse to distribute malware. While Steam removed the games, an unknown number of people were infected before their removal.

The main topics covered are the FBI investigation, the specific malware-laden games on Steam, and the historical context of similar attacks on the platform.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/valve-steam-malware-games-fbi/

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2026-03-13 14:55

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2026-03-13 12:30

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The FBI is investigating a hacker suspected of publishing several video games laced with malware on the popular PC games store Steam, the agency said Friday.
In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed the following games suspected of being developed by the same cybercriminal over the last two years, hosted on the Steam store but embedded with malware: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.
This is not the first time hackers have been able to host malware on the Valve-owned games marketplace. Last year, hackers published several games on Steam that contained malware. The games were functional, if a bit rudimentary. In reality, the goal of their developer or developers was to act as a sort of Trojan horse, tricking gamers to install malware on their computers. Steam took the games down, but an unknown number of people were infected in the meantime.
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