Come On Down! Grand Theft Auto is the next victim in the video game for mining crypto currency!

Come On Down! Grand Theft Auto is the next victim in the video game for mining crypto currency!

I was trying to come up with a phrase that is similar to what they do when bringing up a contestant on the price is right, and i’ve done similar article gtitles on other stuff but I think I broke this one.

Anyhow, at hand is another video game that if not gotten from the right sources, can use your computer to mine crypto currency for actors.

One of the antivirus companies still around is called Avast, and they’re still around. They published a report linked within the first paragraph talking about this latest game being the target of hackers.

We know that EA Sports was targeted for their source code, and actors want that too, so they’ll stop at nothing to get their wares out there for the masses to download.

Taking two paragraphs from the article, it says:

The malware, which researchers have named “Crackonosh,” has infected over 220,000 unique devices since 2020. Using the coin miner known as XMRig, cybercriminals have been able to make a total of roughly $2 million worth of Monero cryptocurrency with the malware.

Infected files used to install the malware included malicious copies of popular games including The Sims 4, Grand Theft Auto V and Fallout 4. By duping users who download free versions of games that normally cost upwards of $50, fraudsters prey on unwitting users to borrow their computing power.

This should probably not surprise me, although there have only been a few cases of the blind community having this kind of trouble with software.

The first time the blind community had trouble was way back in 2006 when Accessible Chat which is no longer around was pilfered and when the blind installed it crashed their computer making it useless.

The defunked about.com wrote an article, mentioning me at the time as the person who reported it.

At the time, Superior Software was linked, and that was my father’s company. The site is still registered through 2023 I think, and I’ve moved it over to point to me because it is no longer a valid business name that can be used.

Once that expires, I’ll remove the domain off my account, and I hope that it doesn’t get maliciously used.

Back to the gaming industry here, I know my dad loved to play tons of computer games, but I know that he would buy them from the original source and not go to great lengths that other people do and the actors know this.

Researchers have identified 30 different strains of the malware developed since 2018. As of May, the malware was still hitting thousands of users every day, according to the report.

That is a lot of samples by definition, and it is still out there causing havoc to unsuspecting visitors who are looking for the game for cheap.

To read the entire article and even some linked stuff, here is the Cyber Scoop article: Hackers are using bootleg copies of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ game to mine Monero for your amusement. Let the games begin!

Updated 13:00 PT June 28th with the link which I thought was there. Oopse!