Multiple Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop Maps Got Infected With Malware And Its Discord Server Was Hacked
Unfortunately, some of those 15 million players may want to run a virus scan at some point in the immediate future, as the developers behind the game have confirmed an independent report that stated malware has been distributed through multiple Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop maps. However, the development team behind Meccha Chameleon, lemorion_1224, noted in a statement that the vulnerability has been patched out following the release of today’s version 3.1.0 update. Unfortunately, it seems the dev team has run into a completely separate hacking-related issue today, as a new post just went live on Meccha Chameleon’s Steam page announcing that the game’s official Discord server has been hacked.
- ▪Unfortunately, some of those 15 million players may want to run a virus scan at some point in the immediate future, as the developers behind the game have confirmed an independent report that stated malware has been distributed through mult
- ▪However, the development team behind Meccha Chameleon, lemorion_1224, noted in a statement that the vulnerability has been patched out following the release of today’s version 3.1.0 update.
- ▪Unfortunately, it seems the dev team has run into a completely separate hacking-related issue today, as a new post just went live on Meccha Chameleon’s Steam page announcing that the game’s official Discord server has been hacked.
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Multiple Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop Maps Got Infected With Malware And Its Discord Server Was Hacked While Meccha Chameleon's developers have already rolled out a fix, but the game's official Discord server seems to be a lost cause Meccha ChameleonSteam By Lewis Parker Published July 25, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! © lemorion_1224 / Northernlion Meccha Chameleon, the biggest Steam indie hit of 2026 by quite a large margin, has reportedly already sold over 15 million copies. Unfortunately, some of those 15 million players may want to run a virus scan at some point in the immediate future, as the developers behind the game have confirmed an independent report that stated malware has been distributed through multiple Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop maps.
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