March 27, 2020

FBI takes down hacker platform Deer.io

It was a top crooks' market, with over 24,000 shops doing brisk business selling credentials for Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

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January 22, 2020

Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.

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December 04, 2019

Steam players – beware of fake skins as phishers try to hijack accounts

Phishing scammers have once again targeted users of the popular Steam gaming service, it was revealed this week.

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August 14, 2019

Fortnite World Cup champion and family swatted while live streaming

"They come in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up, holy sh*t."

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January 23, 2019

PewDiePie-spammers and whale-flingers exploit hole in Atlas game

Last week hackers allegedly compromised an admin’s Steam account and used it to spawn planes, tanks, and whales in Atlas.

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November 09, 2018

DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty

Austin Thompson pleaded guilty on November 6 in a San Diego Federal court to knowingly causing damage to third-party computers.

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October 11, 2018

Jailbroken PS4 seller sued by Sony

The consoles allegedly sold on eBay by the California man were packed with over 60 pirated games.

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August 21, 2018

Twitch admits exposing user messages after archiving error

Games streaming giant Twitch has admitted accidentally exposing some users’ messages to other users as it shut down its legacy in-house messaging system in May.

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July 19, 2018

Automated money-laundering scheme found in free-to-play games

The scammers automatically created iOS accounts with valid email accounts, then automatically used stolen cards to buy and resell stuff.

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