FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets
FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets
美国联邦调查局逮捕一名男子，指控其利用 Steam 游戏窃取受害者加密货币钱包
U.S. prosecutors have accused a Florida man of uploading fake video games that contained malware to Steam, the popular PC games platform. Once victims downloaded and installed the games, the malware was designed to infect their computers, steal their passwords and other data, and drain their crypto wallets, according to a criminal complaint. 美国检察官指控一名佛罗里达州男子在热门 PC 游戏平台 Steam 上上传了含有恶意软件的虚假视频游戏。根据刑事起诉书，一旦受害者下载并安装了这些游戏，恶意软件就会感染他们的电脑，窃取密码及其他数据，并清空他们的加密货币钱包。
On Tuesday, the FBI arrested Zyaire Wilkins, a 21-year-old Florida resident and student. On Wednesday, prosecutors accused him and a number of unnamed co-conspirators of hacking crimes. Over the past two years, Wilkins and his partners allegedly published several malware-laden video games on Steam, including BlockBlasters, Dashverse, Lampy, Lunara, and PirateFi. 周二，联邦调查局（FBI）逮捕了 21 岁的佛罗里达州居民兼学生 Zyaire Wilkins。周三，检察官指控他及多名未具名的同谋犯有黑客罪。据称，在过去两年中，Wilkins 及其同伙在 Steam 上发布了多款植入恶意软件的游戏，包括《BlockBlasters》、《Dashverse》、《Lampy》、《Lunara》和《PirateFi》。
Using that malware, says the FBI, Wilkins and his accomplices infected around 8,000 victims, and then hacked around 80 cryptocurrency wallets to steal at least $220,000 worth of crypto. Wilkins and the others marketed their malicious video games on Discord, LinkedIn, and Telegram, according to the authorities. Wilkins’ lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. FBI 表示，Wilkins 和他的同伙利用这些恶意软件感染了约 8,000 名受害者，随后入侵了约 80 个加密货币钱包，窃取了价值至少 22 万美元的加密货币。据当局称，Wilkins 等人在 Discord、LinkedIn 和 Telegram 上推广了这些恶意游戏。Wilkins 的律师未回应置评请求。
In March, the FBI announced that it was investigating a hacker suspected of using malware-embedded video games published on Steam to hack victims. In the announcement, the bureau called for people who downloaded the malicious games, which included those named in this week’s complaint, to come forward and provide evidence to aid the investigation. 今年 3 月，FBI 宣布正在调查一名涉嫌利用 Steam 上发布的植入恶意软件的游戏来入侵受害者的黑客。在公告中，该局呼吁下载过这些恶意游戏（包括本周起诉书中提到的游戏）的用户主动联系并提供证据，以协助调查。
In the last year, Steam’s maker Valve has removed several video games from its platform after they were found to contain malware, including PirateFi. All the games were designed to look legitimate, to the point that players could install them and play them, but they all contained malware. 过去一年里，Steam 的开发商 Valve 在发现多款游戏（包括《PirateFi》）含有恶意软件后，已将其从平台下架。所有这些游戏在设计上都力求看起来合法，甚至玩家可以正常安装和运行，但它们内部均植入了恶意软件。
After the FBI identified another person involved in the crimes, according to the complaint, federal agents interviewed them. The unnamed person said they worked with other people to raise money to launch and market the malicious games in return for sharing some of the stolen cryptocurrency. 根据起诉书，在 FBI 确定了另一名涉案人员后，联邦探员对其进行了问话。这名未具名人士表示，他们与他人合作筹集资金以发布和推广这些恶意游戏，作为回报，他们可以分得部分被盗的加密货币。
The FBI identified a specific crypto account involved in the scheme, and then traced cryptocurrency payments made with that account to buy several gift cards, including for Uber Eats. After subpoenaing Uber, the feds were able to see that the gift cards were linked to an account that made deliveries to Wilkins, who went by the nickname Sibel.eth online, according to the complaint. FBI 锁定了该计划中涉及的一个特定加密货币账户，并追踪了该账户用于购买多张礼品卡（包括 Uber Eats 礼品卡）的加密货币支付记录。根据起诉书，在向 Uber 发出传票后，联邦探员发现这些礼品卡与一个向 Wilkins 提供配送服务的账户相关联，Wilkins 在网上的昵称为 Sibel.eth。
The feds then got a search warrant for Wilkins’ residence, where they seized his MacBook laptop, cellphones, other devices, and digital wallets. According to the complaint, he refused to speak or answer any questions. 随后，联邦探员获得了对 Wilkins 住处的搜查令，并查获了他的 MacBook 笔记本电脑、手机、其他设备以及数字钱包。据起诉书称，他拒绝开口或回答任何问题。