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Report: $AU796 Million Crypto Gaming Hack Made Possible By Elaborate Phishing Scheme
NFT Pokémon clone Axie Infinity went from being famous for players profiting off its “play-to-earn” gaming scam to infamous for getting hacked out of $US540 ($796) million in cryptocurrency. Now according to a new report by The Block we know what made the security breach possible: a sophisticated phishing attempt socially engineered on LinkedIn that…
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Square Enix President Still Insists Future Of Gaming Features Blockchain Tech
Remember back in January when Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda published that terrible letter hyping up a future where video games would feature NFTs and blockchain tech? Well, even though a lot of players and devs criticised the letter, Matsuda ain’t backing down. And in a new interview, he continued to explain how excited he…
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Crypto Gaming’s Biggest Success Story Scammed Out Of $833 Million
Pokémon-style NFT battler Axie Infinity was one of the biggest “success” stories in the world of crypto gaming. Now it’s responsible for one of the biggest thefts in the history of the technology. The gaming-focused blockchain Ronin Network announced earlier today that an Axie Infinity exploit allowed a hacker to “drain” roughly $US600 ($833) million…