more than 40,000 dota 2 accounts have been permanently banned in recent weeks after they were caught red-handed using third-party software to cheat in-game. in a blog post Posted on Tuesday, Valve revealed that it had recently fixed a known issue used by third-party software for cheating. dowry while at the same time setting a booby trap to trap players using the exploit.
According to Valve, the cheat software gave its users an unfair advantage by accessing information used internally by the dowry client that should not be visible during the game. After researching how it worked, the developer decided to identify and remove “bad actors” from the asset. dowry player base
“We released a patch as soon as we understood the method these cheats used,” Valve said. “This patch created a honeypot: a section of data within the game client that would never be read during normal gameplay, but could be read by these exploits.” Valve claims that the now-banned 40,000 accounts had accessed this hidden section of data and that it had “extremely high confidence that each ban was well deserved.”
Valve claims this sizeable wave of bans is just the beginning
Valve highlighted that the number of banned accounts was especially significant due to the prevalence of this particular family of cheating clients, and that the action taken is just one step in an ongoing campaign to tackle those who abuse the popular MOBA game. “While the battle against cheaters and cheat developers often takes place in the shadows, we wanted to make this example visible and use it to clarify our position: if you are running an application that reads data from the dowry client while playing, your account can be permanently banned from playing Dota”Valve warned.
Valve is far from the only gaming giant trying to combat cheaters within its player base. Ubisoft announced this week that it has developed a system to “mess” with players who cheat using XIM devices, increasing latency to interfere with player aim. destiny 2 developer Bungie also made over $4 million in a lawsuit earlier this week after courts found cheat maker AimJunkies had violated the developer’s copyright. Meanwhile, Riot Games issued a warning to League of Legends and Team Fight Tactics players earlier this year that new cheats could be developed after the source code for both games and the legacy anti-cheat software they use were stolen in a data breach.
