Someone tricked 3000 CSGO cheaters into getting banned

[Batu69]

 

Cheaters in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can be frustrating to deal with, so one player decided to take the matter into their own hands by using the honey trap method, developing a fake hack designed specifically to ensure a VAC ban. It worked pretty well too as over 3000 players were caught out by this and can no longer get access to the game online.

 

The player goes by the name of AndroidL on Reddit. He created a free download for a hack that advertised a range of cheats including BunnyHop, Aimbot, wallhacks- you could even change your camera angle with it.

 

So how did AndroidL ensure that the Valve Anti-Cheat system would pick up on those using the hack? Well, it included a health and ammo editor, which would attempt to edit your health and ammo client-side. Fortunately, trying to edit these things from the client won’t work as it is all handled by the server but this does tell VAC that you are trying to cheat and will ensure a ban.

 

Three fake hacks were released over the course of two weeks, the first two has a timer included that would trigger features that VAC would pick up on at a certain time. The third hack received over 3500 downloads in total and was designed to catch VAC’s attention instantly after loading the game. In total, all three hacks were downloaded by 5500 people and resulted in a lot of bans.

 

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[SnakeMasteR]

That'll teach 'em. Or probably not. 

[DKT27]

Well done.

 

Now only if someone from TF2 did it.

 

Public TF2 Valve servers are filled with hackers. On top of that, players on Valve servers due to their diverse experience levels, either do not know someone is hacking or do not understand one can kick or ban a hacker only when the hacker is on your team or such.