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Block Blasters: Theft of $32k in crypto from a stage 4 cancer patient due to valve’s incompetence in allowing malware on their platform (video.twimg.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/games@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37902936

For anybody wondering what is going on with $CANCER live stream... my life was saved for whole 24 hours untill someone tuned in my stream and got me to download verified game on Steam

After this I was drained for over 32,000$ USD of my creator fees earned on pumpdotfun and everything quickly changed. I can't breathe, I can't think, im completely lost on what is going to happen next, can't shake the feeling that it is my fault that I might end up on street again or not have anything to eat in few days... my heart wants to jump out of my mouth and it hurts.

I won't rewatch this myself but I have added a clip from the stream after I noticed what has happened.

also I have succesfully (CTOed) my creator rewards and they have been redirected to safe device.

Source: rastaland.TV on X/Twitter— Private front-end.

More context:

Yesterday a video game streamer named rastalandTV inadvertently livestreamed themselves being a victim of a cryptodraining campaign.

This particular spearphishing campaign is extraordinarily heinous because RastaLand is suffering from Stage-4 Sarcoma and is actively seeking donations for their cancer treatment. They lost $30,000 of the money which was designated for their cancer treatment. In the steam clip their friend tries to console them while they cry out, "I am broken now."

They were contacted by an unknown person who requested they play their video game demo (downloadable from Steam). In exchange for RastaLand playing their video game demo on stream, they would financially compensate them.

Unfortunately, the Steam game was actually a cryptodrainer masquerading as a legitimate video game.

Video.

Source: vx-underground on X/Twitter— Private front-end.

Source: ZachXBT on X/Twitter— Private front-end.

Rastaland GoFundMe.

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good it is not when the recommendation from security experts and reporters is to avoid any Steam games with low numbers of installs / reviews and betas from small companies. That's where we're at now.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verified-steam-game-steals-streamers-cancer-treatment-donations/

Nobody reviews game code, as game code is not supplied, only binaries with their relevant resources. There are many security providers that would be able to provide better service that whatever Valve is doing - but who knows, because they keep tight-lipped about it every time there's an issue, and just patiently await their defenders to hand-wave any concerns.

[–] YellaLeber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Lmao well I don't know what you want. If you want your PC to be secure, don't use the Internet. You can't expect every piece of software you come across to be perfectly vetted. In an ideal world sure everything would be foss and peer reviewed but that sure as hell ain't the world we live in.