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It's interesting that the "hacker" himself was caught via hackery. When I worked on anti-cheating stuff for a game company, I was able to stop the seller of the
by coldcode 7y ago
It's interesting that the "hacker" himself was caught via hackery. When I worked on anti-cheating stuff for a game company, I was able to stop the seller of the cheat because their cheat had been stolen and resold so they had to put anti cheating tech in their cheating tech and it opened a hole I was able to exploit to detect them.
- cloverich 7y agoWould you consider writing this up? Sounds fascinating.
- metalliqaz 7y agosounds more like they had to put anti-piracy tech in their cheating tech
- reificator 7y agoImagine you're selling a tool that lets players win every game. Then imagine someone else starts selling another tool. Anyone who buys that other tool is now able to beat the players you promised a win to, AND they're not giving you any money for it. This damages your reputation, which in an underground market is probably your most valuable resource. So not only are they not paying you, but they're robbing you of future sales by damaging your rep. Wouldn't you put in something to prevent users of your newest cheat from being cheated themselves?
- newnewpdro 7y agoNo different from Google blocking "spam" while simultaneously targeting and delivering ads...
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoSuggests something about honour among thieves.
- burtonator 7y agoLive by the sword, die by the sword. I low how they cheat steal and are upset when other people cheat and steal.