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Roblox Hackers Escalate Attacks: Stealing Entire Games from Developers

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Joseph Cox

7d ago· 5 min readenNews
technologycybersecuritygamingplatform abuse

Summary

Roblox hackers have escalated from stealing individual player accounts and valuable items to taking over developer accounts and stealing ownership of entire games and digital worlds. Multiple developers report that Roblox support has been unhelpful in recovering their stolen games and the associated Robux revenue. This represents a significant escalation in cyberattacks on the Roblox platform, threatening the livelihoods of developers who depend on game creation for income.

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bskyRoblox Hackers Escalate Attacks: Stealing Entire Games from Developers404media.co

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Multiple Roblox developers—that is, people who make games for others to play on the Roblox platform, and sometimes make their livelihood doing so—told 404 Media about this happening to them.
In multiple cases, the developers said Roblox support did not help.
Hackers have long targeted Roblox accounts to steal a player's valuable items, which can sometimes be worth many tens of thousands of very real dollars.
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Whereas Roblox hackers were previously focused on stealing players' high value items, some have taken over entire Roblox games, stealing their ownership and Robux in the process.

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