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Destructoid
Destructoid
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Andrej Barovic

The FBI is looking into Steam games loaded with malware—and one is still up on the store

With so many games released on Steam every day, some bad actors are bound to slip through the cracks. The company employs extensive checks and verifications before putting a game up on its store, but skilled malicious programmers can and do find ways around them.

But now, they've got the FBI's attention, as the agency is launching an investigation into malware-riddled Steam games, some of which were released as recently as January this year and are still up on the store as of writing this article.

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