cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37902936

For anybody wondering what is going on with $CANCER live stream… my life was saved for whole 24 hours untill someone tuned in my stream and got me to download verified game on Steam

After this I was drained for over 32,000$ USD of my creator fees earned on pumpdotfun and everything quickly changed. I can’t breathe, I can’t think, im completely lost on what is going to happen next, can’t shake the feeling that it is my fault that I might end up on street again or not have anything to eat in few days… my heart wants to jump out of my mouth and it hurts.

I won’t rewatch this myself but I have added a clip from the stream after I noticed what has happened.

also I have succesfully (CTOed) my creator rewards and they have been redirected to safe device.

Source: rastaland.TV on X/TwitterPrivate front-end.

More context:

Yesterday a video game streamer named rastalandTV inadvertently livestreamed themselves being a victim of a cryptodraining campaign.

This particular spearphishing campaign is extraordinarily heinous because RastaLand is suffering from Stage-4 Sarcoma and is actively seeking donations for their cancer treatment. They lost $30,000 of the money which was designated for their cancer treatment. In the steam clip their friend tries to console them while they cry out, “I am broken now.”

They were contacted by an unknown person who requested they play their video game demo (downloadable from Steam). In exchange for RastaLand playing their video game demo on stream, they would financially compensate them.

Unfortunately, the Steam game was actually a cryptodrainer masquerading as a legitimate video game.

Video.

Source: vx-underground on X/TwitterPrivate front-end.

Source: ZachXBT on X/TwitterPrivate front-end.

Rastaland GoFundMe.

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  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Maybe don’t raise money for your cancer treatment in the form of crypto? Hard lesson to learn for sure

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      I don’t think it’s such a direct lesson since it could’ve been other financial information on there. Instead of a crypto key, the game could’ve installed a keylogger that read the player’s banking password later.

      It’s more of a general warning that Steam games are not necessarily safe.

      • kossa@feddit.org
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        9 hours ago

        Well, with my banking login the scammer could look at my balance and my poor spending habits. To withdraw/transfer they would need a TAN as well and therefore my banking card. Good luck getting hold of that with malware ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        • Owl@mander.xyz
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          5 hours ago

          Depends on the bank

          Some bank give out that information if you login