{"id":19771,"date":"2022-06-23T11:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/19771\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:44:24","slug":"cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/19771\/","title":{"rendered":"$2 million inventory hacked in CS:GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What the hack?!<\/h2>\n<p>On June 21, a Twitter user who goes by the name of <em>ohnePixel<\/em> reported that $2,000,000+ worth of CS:GO skins have been stolen from a hacked account. The stolen items include such rarities as seven Souvenir AWP Dragon Lores, a no-star Karambit, Blue Gems and more. It\u2019s worth mentioning that a Souvenir AWP Dragon Lore is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esports.com\/en\/5-of-the-most-expensive-csgo-skins-right-now-181129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most expensive skin<\/a> that CS:GO players can own, easily costing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$2,000,000+ in CS:GO skins have been hacked and stolen (some items getting moved\/sold as we speak)<\/p>\n<p>this is the most expensive inventory all-time, containing the most legendary items in CS:GO history (7x souvenir dragon lores, no-star karambit, #1 blue gems)<\/p>\n<p>@CSGO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@Steam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d80miZorNh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d80miZorNh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ohnePixel (@ohnePixel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohnePixel\/status\/1539286332006182915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The alleged inventory has been private for the last three years. After the hack, the players started noticing the items in the inventory going public, and that\u2019s when they knew something was up! According to the above-mentioned ohnePixel, the e-mail and password of the inventory owner\u2019s Steam account were changed a week ago, but the hack went unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>Some streams even caught the process live on Twitch! Estimates of how much the stolen inventory could be worth vary from two to over four million dollars.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YOb5qGBdP_I?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Skins and cosmetics in CS:GO are one of the most expensive items in the world of gaming due to the game\u2019s huge popularity and long legacy. That said, the hacker either didn\u2019t know the actual worth of the stolen items he was selling, or, more likely, preferred to make some quick cash and therefore was selling cheap. Whatever the case, most of the items were sold for a fraction of the market price.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44700\" style=\"width: 1442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/23193508\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack-sold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44700\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/23193508\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack-sold.png\" alt=\"Some of the stolen items seems to have been sold recently for a fraction of the normal asking price\" width=\"1432\" height=\"852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19772\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the stolen items seems to have been sold recently for a fraction of the normal asking price<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>How to protect your CS:GO treasures<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve been noticing of late a rise in attacks and hacks on almost every popular online game, and it\u2019s due to a rise in player numbers and investments in virtual items. This is why it\u2019s crucial to follow a proper guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/steam-privacy-security\/33981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">protecting your Steam account against scammers and trolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen a lot of gamers falling victim to scams and hacks due to a lack of security measures. Some players would rather not have active AV software while playing an online game \u2014 in fear of reducing the performance of their machines. However, industry-leading antivirus solutions have a special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kaspersky-settings-for-steam\/35875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">gaming mode<\/a>, which ensures your performance isn\u2019t affected, notifications are muted, and at the same time your PC stays protected. So don\u2019t forget to install a trusted <a href=\"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/premium?icid=me-en_bb2022-kdplacehd_acq_ona_smm__onl_b2c_kdaily_lnk_sm-team___kprem___\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security solution<\/a> \u2014 and don\u2019t disable it while playing.<\/p>\n<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"category_for_banner\" value=\"ksc-gaming\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unnamed hacker allegedly stole two million dollars\u2019 worth of items from a CS:GO player\u2019s backpack and has already started auctioning off the items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2442,"featured_media":19774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[617,519,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-19771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-gamers","9":"tag-hacks","10":"tag-steam"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-ae","url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/19771\/"},{"hreflang":"en-in","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/24303\/"},{"hreflang":"ar","url":"https:\/\/me.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/9971\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/26656\/"},{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/24600\/"},{"hreflang":"es-mx","url":"https:\/\/latam.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/24974\/"},{"hreflang":"es","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.es\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/27317\/"},{"hreflang":"it","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.it\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/26911\/"},{"hreflang":"ru","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/33376\/"},{"hreflang":"tr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.tr\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/10796\/"},{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/44697\/"},{"hreflang":"fr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.fr\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/19081\/"},{"hreflang":"de","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/28928\/"},{"hreflang":"nl","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.nl\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/28334\/"},{"hreflang":"ru-kz","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.kz\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/25158\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/30670\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/cs-go-two-million-usd-inventory-hack\/30419\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/tag\/gamers\/","name":"gamers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19776,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771\/revisions\/19776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}