FBI seeks victims of malware hidden in Steam games

The FBI is asking anyone who downloaded malware through certain Steam games to come forward. The agency named BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse / DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFI, and Tokenova, saying these titles primarily operated between May 2024 and January 2026.

Victims can report their experience to Steam_Malware@fbi.gov. One high-profile incident involved BlockBlasters, which was shared with a streamer raising money for cancer treatment and later drained more than $32,000 from the streamer’s crypto wallet. The game had a malicious 'game2.bat' file injected into it a month earlier, and estimates suggest hundreds of users had the title installed.

One of the perpetrators was reportedly caught sharing pictures of cars on social media while linking to their YouTube and X channels. X user VX Underground reportedly identified that scammer by following where hacked data was sent, tracing Telegram accounts, and collecting data willingly shared on those accounts.

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