One of the main cosmetic sites in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive In the world, cs.money offers $100,000, which is about R$516,000 at the current price, to understand the process of the hacker Those who stole $1.6 million worth of cosmetics from the site.
The incident occurred on the site on August 13, when 8 million Brazilian reals were taken from the skins of Counter-Strike and other games. The items were distributed across 55+ different accounts, but that didn’t stop the hacker from stealing.
In a social media post, Timmy, head of communications for Ex Corp – the company responsible for cs.money – said key information happened through the hacked MA files. However, he is willing to fix the problem and pay to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
“Without a doubt, this hack is a lesson to us, albeit an expensive one. They say, what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. Now, we’re ready to offer $100,000 to help understand exactly how criminals get access to the MA files”He said.
The method that cs.money uses to prevent the problem from happening again acts as a kind of bug bonus. So popular in the corporate world, it rewards programmers – and hackers – who find ways to circumvent a website’s security system.
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This tactic is so popular that companies love it Riot Games Use the method to make improvements in games like league of legends And the Valorant. As cs.money intends to do, They give money To be able to correct defects that go unnoticed by the company.