Scandal with viruses in games from Steam reached the FBI - investigation launched

13 March 2026, 13:46Boris Piletskiy

The FBI recently announced a search for potential victims who installed games on Steam containing malicious software.

The FBI believes that attackers targeted Steam users mainly between May 2024 and January 2026. A virus was embedded in the game that could steal personal data and empty a crypto wallet.

During the investigation, the FBI identified several infected games, such as: BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse / DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi and Tokenova..

The FBI is currently conducting an investigation and is asking victims to provide their personal information.

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