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Cybersecurity Threats and Attacks in the Gaming Industry: Secure Game Players' and Developers' Data and Systems
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Cybersecurity Threats and Attacks in the Gaming Industry: Secure Game Players' and Developers' Data and Systems

by Massimo Nardone
May 2025
Intermediate to advanced
118 pages
1h 33m
English
Apress
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M. NardoneCybersecurity Threats and Attacks in the Gaming IndustryApress Pocket Guideshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-1492-1_3

3. Games Targeted by Cybersecurity Attacks

Massimo Nardone1  
(1)
Helsinki, Finland
 

Cybersecurity attacks can target a wide range of games and gaming platforms, often due to their popularity, in-game economies, and the sensitive data they handle.

In this chapter, we will focus on how, which, and why certain types of games are targets of cybersecurity attacks.

Here are some of the most common types of games and platforms that are frequently targeted and will be elaborated in this chapter:

  • Online multiplayer games

  • Massively multiplayer ...

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