Game PULLED From Steam Over Cryptocurrency Mining Accusations

Game PULLED From Steam Over Cryptocurrency Mining Accusations

Valve should curate the Steam store. We’ve just had another big reminder why the company’s policy to allow everything on the storefront is a bad idea. Abstractism. A “trivial” platformer that has been pulled from steam after accusations it installed malware, trojans to users’ PCs to mine cryptocurrency with them.

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Sources
SidAlpha Done a Vid – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xClkx9UzsmE&feature=youtu.be
Abstractism on Steam – https://store.steampowered.com/app/781600/Abstractism/
Steam – https://steamcommunity.com/app/781600/discussions/0/1762481957312736653/
Steam reviews response – https://steamcommunity.com/id/cmyki/recommended/781600/#developer_response
Item Drops Update – https://steamcommunity.com/games/781600/announcements/detail/1673535321780508509

EG – https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-30-steam-game-abstractism-turns-pcs-into-cryptocurrency-miners
Steam numbers – https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/951086588573995008
Steam allows everything – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44393415
CSO Online Article on Cryptojacking – https://www.csoonline.com/article/3267572/encryption/how-to-detect-and-prevent-crypto-mining-malware.html
Poor Asian Boy’s post on Steam – https://forums.backpack.tf/topic/67771-new-scam-1st-time-scammed-in-3-years/

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