tldr; A scammer stole $32,000 worth of crypto from Raivo Plavnieks, a cancer patient raising funds for his treatment, via a malware-infected Steam game called ‚Block Blasters.‘ Open-source intelligence sleuths identified the attacker as an Argentine immigrant in the US and reported them to ICE. The crypto community rallied to restore Plavnieks‘ funds, and Steam removed the game after reports. The incident highlights flaws in Steam’s vetting process and the attackers‘ lack of remorse.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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They got his address, and it looks like people headed there right now.
Aggravating-Bonus-73 on
Saw it yesterday and without context, thought it was a creative rug pull
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Time for the ICE to do something useful…
tldr; A scammer stole $32,000 worth of crypto from Raivo Plavnieks, a cancer patient raising funds for his treatment, via a malware-infected Steam game called ‚Block Blasters.‘ Open-source intelligence sleuths identified the attacker as an Argentine immigrant in the US and reported them to ICE. The crypto community rallied to restore Plavnieks‘ funds, and Steam removed the game after reports. The incident highlights flaws in Steam’s vetting process and the attackers‘ lack of remorse.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
They got his address, and it looks like people headed there right now.
Saw it yesterday and without context, thought it was a creative rug pull