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Gamers ticked as flight simulator had malware to steal pirates’ passwords

21

Feb

2018

Imagine paying $100 for a flight simulator addon which included malware to harvest passwords from the Google Chrome browser.

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ESEA hacked, 1.5 million records leaked after alleged failed extortion attempt

09

Jan

2017

E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA), one of the largest competitive video gaming communities on the planet, was hacked last December. As a result, a database containing 1.5 million player profiles was compromised. On Sunday, ESEA posted a message to Twitter, reminding players of the warning issued on December 30, 2016, three days after they were informed […]

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Trade of online gaming currencies fuels cybercrime

12

Oct

2016

Though the majority of gaming companies prohibit the real-money trading of online gaming currencies, the practice is still widespread, and according to Trend Micro researchers, the money that cyber-criminals earn through it is used to mount DoS attacks, spam campaigns, perpetrate identity theft and financial fraud against a variety of business and organizations, and so […]

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