A cancer patient, Raivo Plavnieks, lost $32,000 in crypto after installing a Steam game containing malware that drained one of his crypto wallets. The incident occurred after a seven hour stream on September 20, 2025.
- Raivo Plavnieks lost $32,000 in crypto.
- The malware was injected into a Steam game.
- The incident occurred on September 20.
- The game is no longer listed on Steam.
- The game was flagged as malicious by SteamDB.
Plavnieks, a 26 year old self-described “crypto degen” from Latvia, streams on the site Pump.fun under the name Rastaland. After logging off and cashing out his earnings from the stream, someone drained those earnings from his wallet, according to an archive of the livestream and blockchain records reviewed by 404 Media.
Plavnieks had installed a game listed on Steam that launched July 31, 2025. The game was a scam, and an August patch injected malware into the game that was meant to scan a user’s hard drive for data and, ultimately, their crypto. The game is no longer listed on Steam and has been flagged as malicious by the independent Steam archiving site SteamDB. Valve did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment.
Originally reported by www.404media.co as “Steam Hosted Malware Game that Stole $32,000 from a Cancer Patient Live on Stream” on 2025-09-23 16:56:00.
