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The gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime - Tech Crunch

June 8, 2016

The gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime - Tech Crunch

Tech Crunch, June 8, 2016
Recent developments and trends in online gaming platforms have created new possibilities for cybercriminals to swindle huge amounts of money from an industry that is worth nearly $100 billion. One cause for worry is that there is a lack of security concern in the gaming community. Security researcher at Kaspersky Lab Santiago Pontiroli weighs in. “There’s this view...from gamers — that antivirus apps slow down their machines, or cause them to lose frame rate,” he explains, which leads them to disable antiviruses or uninstall them altogether. “Nowadays you just need to realize that you can lose your account and your information.”

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The gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime - Tech Crunch

The gaming industry can become the next big target of cybercrime - Tech Crunch
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