Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware
Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware
佛罗里达州男子因涉嫌利用 Steam 游戏恶意软件窃取超 20 万美元加密货币被捕
Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of stealing at least $220,000 in crypto through malware-infected Steam games, as reported earlier by local news outlet Local10. In the complaint, officials accuse 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins and co-conspirators of launching eight malware-embedded games from around May 2024 to February 2026, allowing them to infect about 8,000 devices and gain access to 80 crypto wallets.
据当地新闻媒体 Local10 此前报道，联邦当局已逮捕了一名佛罗里达州男子，他涉嫌通过感染恶意软件的 Steam 游戏窃取了至少 22 万美元的加密货币。在起诉书中，官方指控 21 岁的 Zyaire Wilkins 及其同伙在 2024 年 5 月至 2026 年 2 月期间发布了八款植入恶意软件的游戏，导致约 8,000 台设备受到感染，并使他们得以访问 80 个加密货币钱包。
Though the complaint doesn’t specifically say the games were uploaded to Steam, it’s likely referring to the Valve-owned gaming platform. As noted by Local10, the FBI put out a call for victim information in a “Steam malware investigation” that includes the games listed in the lawsuit, including BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, and Tokenova.
尽管起诉书并未明确指出这些游戏是上传至 Steam 平台，但很可能指的就是 Valve 旗下的这一游戏平台。正如 Local10 所指出的，FBI 曾针对一项“Steam 恶意软件调查”征集受害者信息，其中就包含了诉讼中列出的游戏，包括 BlockBlasters、Chemia、Dashverse/DashFPS、Lampy、Lunara、PirateFi 和 Tokenova。
Last year, several outlets also reported on Steam’s removal of some of these cryptostealing games, such as Blockblasters, which took more than $150,000 from victims, including a streamer raising funds for their cancer treatment. The lawsuit is also filed in a Washington court, where Valve is based. Valve didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
去年，多家媒体也报道了 Steam 下架部分此类加密货币窃取游戏的消息，例如 Blockblasters。该游戏从受害者手中窃取了超过 15 万美元，其中包括一名正在筹集癌症治疗费用的主播。该诉讼是在 Valve 总部所在的华盛顿州法院提起的。Valve 未能立即回应置评请求。
The complaint alleges Wilkins and co-conspirators “marketed the malware-embedded video games on social media and messaging platforms, such as Discord, Telegram, X / Twitter, and LinkedIn, and encouraged others to download the games.” From there, authorities allege the conspirators used the malware to steal their victims’ private information and drain their crypto wallets.
起诉书称，Wilkins 及其同伙“在 Discord、Telegram、X/Twitter 和 LinkedIn 等社交媒体及通讯平台上推广这些植入恶意软件的视频游戏，并鼓励他人下载。”当局指控，随后这些同伙利用恶意软件窃取了受害者的私人信息，并清空了他们的加密货币钱包。
Federal agents linked Wilkins to the case after obtaining his crypto wallet address in messages with an alleged co-conspirator. They traced the crypto address to an account on Bitrefill, a site where users can purchase gift cards with crypto. The account tied to Wilkins purchased more than 150 gift cards, including to Uber Eats, which authorities used to uncover his phone number, and eventually, an address.
联邦探员在与一名涉嫌同伙的通讯记录中获取了 Wilkins 的加密货币钱包地址，从而将其与此案联系起来。他们追踪该加密地址至 Bitrefill 平台上的一个账户，该网站允许用户使用加密货币购买礼品卡。与 Wilkins 关联的账户购买了超过 150 张礼品卡（包括 Uber Eats 礼品卡），当局正是通过这些信息查到了他的电话号码，并最终锁定了他的住址。
Wilkins was arrested on July 14th and charged with conspiracy to obtain information by computer for private financial gain.
Wilkins 已于 7 月 14 日被捕，并被控以非法获取个人经济利益为目的，通过计算机获取信息的共谋罪。