Crypto malware in 8 Steam games steals tokens after departing trail to Uber Eats deliveries
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The FBI is seeking potential victims who downloaded eight games named in its Steam malware investigation, a case that shows crypto custody can fail before a wallet ever opens.
Key facts
- In a separate federal complaint reported by Local 10, agents allege an eight-game campaign infected about 8,000 devices, gained unauthorized access to roughly 80 crypto wallets, and stole at least
- Local 10 reported that agents arrested 21-year-old Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins on July 14 and accused him of financing and procuring malware and helping market the infected games
- The FBI notice lists BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse, DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi and Tokenova, and places the suspected Steam activity between May 2024 and January 2026
- Local 10 reported that investigators followed Bitcoin payments from a scheme-linked wallet to Bitrefill, an online service used to buy more than 150 digital gift cards, mostly for Uber Eats
Summary
01 The FBI says eight Steam games may have infected about 8,000 devices and stolen at least $220,000 from crypto wallets. 02 The case shows wallet security can fail at download time, before users ever open their wallets or approve transfers. 03 Investigators traced Bitcoin-funded gift cards and deliveries, but it remains unclear how the games bypassed Steam's checks. In a separate federal complaint reported by Local 10, agents allege an eight-game campaign infected about 8,000 devices, gained unauthorized access to roughly 80 crypto wallets, and stole at least $220,000.