News Jul 15th, 2024

Hackers stole 1.2TB of internal data from Disney

Info includes entertainment giant's collaboration with Epic Games

• crime
• hack
• cyberattack

News Sep 26th, 2022

Teenager charged allegedly over GTA 6 hack

17-year-old charged with two counts each of breach of bail and computer misuse

• Legal
• crime
• grand theft auto
• grand theft auto 6

News Sep 21st, 2022

FBI investigating alleged GTA 6 hacker

It's suspected that the same person infiltrated Uber's network, too

• crime
• grand theft auto
• hack

News Aug 23rd, 2021

Ex-Jagex employee Taylor imprisoned for sexually assaulting a minor

Firm's longest-serving member of staff sentenced to 22 months

• runescape
• crime
• prison

News Feb 12th, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3's source code apparently sold at hacker auction

No figure put on the deal but they presumably went for $7m

• gwent
• cyberpunk 2077
• crime
• the witcher 3: wild hunt
• cyber attack
• auction
• illegal
• hackers

News Dec 8th, 2020

Someone stole $340k worth of Nvidia RTX 3090 cards in China

Taken from MSI's factory in the region

• China
• gpu
• graphics cards
• crime
• rtx 3090

News May 4th, 2020

Australian police charge CS:GO players over alleged match fixing

Follows arrested made in August 2019

• esports
• counter-strike: global offensive
• crime
• CSGO
• australia
• march fixing

News Oct 29th, 2019

CS:GO loot box keys can no longer be resold due to money laundering concerns

"Worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains"

• loot boxes
• counter-strike: global offensive
• crime
• counter-strike
• CSGO
• money laundering

News Oct 9th, 2019

A man stole over $40,000 worth of merchandise and technology from Valve

The burglary happened on June 17th 2018

• crime

News Feb 6th, 2019

Hi-Rez fires community manager arrested in child sex sting operation

One of 21 individuals nailed as part of Operation Interception

• crime

News Nov 14th, 2018

25-year-old Californian man pleads guilty after Call of Duty dispute led to fatal swatting

Gambling dispute left an innocent father-of-two dead last December

• call of duty: WWII
• crime
• swatting

News Sep 17th, 2018

South Korea looking to make sexual harassment in video games a crime

Follows laws brought to make cheating in games illegal

• Community
• overwatch
• korea
• toxicity
• crime
• sexual harassment

News May 9th, 2018

Romanian to spend a year in US prison after World of Warcraft DDoS attacks

Calin Mateias was extradited to the US last year, cites disputes with fellow players as cause for attacks.

• world of warcraft
• crime

News Feb 2nd, 2018

Valve suspends Counter-Strike co-creator after he's arrested for child sex crimes

"Reports suggest he has been arrested for a felony offense. As such we have suspended his employment until we know more.”

• crime
• jesse cliffe
• counter-strike