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Ukrainian police arrest three for hijacking 610,000 Roblox accounts

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Ukrainian police have arrested three individuals who hacked more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and sold them for a profit of $225,000. The arrests were made in Lviv after conducting ten searches on targeted locations. The 19-year-old leader recruited the other two on gaming forums and set up the account-hacking scheme. The group promoted info-stealing malware disguised as a game-enhancer tool, infecting victim devices and collecting login credentials. At least 357 of the compromised accounts were classified as high-value elite accounts. The stolen accounts were categorized
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