# Hackers Steal $140 Million From Users of Crypto Gaming Company **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** trading\ **Created:** [December 14, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-steal-140-million-from-users-of-crypto-gaming-company/209500 "2021-12-14T13:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prometheus](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/prometheus/32/34950_2.png) [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-steal-140-million-from-users-of-crypto-gaming-company/209500/1 "2021-12-14T13:42:19Z")
[https://video-images.vice.com/articles/61b77298d3c8290094b2e937/lede/1639416378990-cryptocurrency-hack-facepalm.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.8427xh;0xw,0.1183xh&resize=500:](https://video-images.vice.com/articles/61b77298d3c8290094b2e937/lede/1639416378990-cryptocurrency-hack-facepalm.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.8427xh;0xw,0.1183xh&resize=500:)\* In the latest hack targeting cryptocurrency investors, hackers [stole around $135 million from users](https://www.vice.com/en/article/4awxep/hackers-steal-dollar140-million-from-users-of-crypto-gaming-company) of the blockchain gaming company VulcanForge, according to the company. From a report: _The hackers stole the private keys to access 96 wallets, siphoning off 4.5 million PYR, which is VulcanForge’s token that can be used across its ecosystem, the company said in a series of tweets on Sunday and Monday. VulcanForge’s main business involves creating games such as VulcanVerse, which it describes as an “MMORPG,” and a card game called Berserk. Both titles, like pretty much all blockchain games, appear chiefly designed as vehicles to buy and sell in-game items linked to NFTs using PYR. In crypto, compromising someone’s private key is a definitive “game over,” because it gives complete control over the funds held by the corresponding address on a blockchain._