When Steam robs you, Konami bores you, and Doom smokes you out

Source: X (@rastalandTV)

Steam’s latest disaster shows how fast “fun little indie” can turn into “crypto-draining nightmare.”

The game was called BlockBlasters. It dropped on Steam in July looking like harmless retro fluff. But on August 30, a sneaky update laced with malware went live. The payload? Scripts that laughed at your antivirus, raided your browser, and looted your crypto wallets.

By the time researchers caught on, the malware had drained over $150,000 from hundreds of players.

The most brutal case? Latvian Twitch streamer Raivo “RastalandTV” Plavnieks. He’s battling stage-4 cancer and had raised money through streaming, leaning on the community to cover the crushing cost of his treatment. After downloading BlockBlasters during a live stream, everything changed. He watched $3