[coldcode]

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]

Would you consider writing this up? Sounds fascinating.

[metalliqaz]

sounds more like they had to put anti-piracy tech in their cheating tech

[reificator]

Imagine 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]

No different from Google blocking "spam" while simultaneously targeting and delivering ads...

[burtonator]

Live by the sword, die by the sword. I low how they cheat steal and are upset when other people cheat and steal.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Suggests something about honour among thieves.