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Hackers used free Steam game to steal passwords, Valve warns affected users

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62% Informative

Free-to-play game PirateFi released on Steam last week and it contained malware.

Valve removed the game after discovering it contained the malware designed to steal account credentials and other info.

PirateFi initially appeared on February 6 and likely affected only a few hundred users before Valve delisted it a few days later .

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39

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23

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informal

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English

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55

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short-lived

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