Getting Hacked Is the Ultimate Game Over

Cyberattacks on gamers are surging as phishing, malware, scams, and AI-driven tricks target accounts, digital assets, and young players across all platforms.

Gamers today aren’t just battling bosses, rival squads, or leaderboard climbers, they’re fending off a constant wave of cyberattacks. And the numbers? They’re downright brutal.

Akamai’s 2024 State of the Internet report revealed that the gaming industry was hit with more than 12 billion web application attacks in a single year. That’s not a typo. It’s ov…