Security News > 2022 > August > CS:GO trading site hacked to steal $6 million worth of skins
CS.MONEY, one of the largest platforms for trading CS:GO skins, has taken its website offline after a cyberattack allowed hackers to loot 20,000 items worth approximately $6,000,000.
It supports a vibrant virtual economy with weapon skins of varying rarity and desirability, which led to the creation of trading sites that use the Steamworks API to allow players to trade skins with each other.
CS.MONEY is one of the largest trading sites of this kind, featuring 1,696 unique skins for 53 weapons and managing a total asset worth of $16,500,000, dropping to $10,500,000 after the attack.
Yesterday, CS.MONEY announced on Twitter that it was agreed among other trading platforms to block trading of the 20,000 stolen items, preventing the hackers from selling them on other CS:GO trading platforms.
Initially, the attackers sent the skins to their profiles, but after a while, they performed random transactions dropping items to ordinary users, renowned traders, and bloggers unrelated to the attack.
After the platform detected the sharp decrease in item count on the service and received multiple user reports about suspicious exchange offers, CS:MONEY took action to stop the attack but not before $6,000,000 worth of skins had been snatched.