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Cheating in video games. Cheat Manufacturers Arrested Who Made $76 Million Selling Them
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Chinese police and Tencent have teamed up to stop the biggest video game scam in history, police say.
We are talking about a gang of scammers that created and sold cheat programs - the keys to popular video games, including Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile, which help you quickly get some advantages in the game online.
The service was called "Chicken Drumstick" ("Chicken Leg"). According to local media, his website had clients in hundreds of countries. Subscriptions to his services cost from $10 per day to $200 per month.
Kunshan city police seized $46 million worth of assets, including several luxury cars. Law enforcement officers also found and destroyed 17 cheat programs and arrested 10 people related to the organization.
According to the police, this is the largest operation in the field of game cheating, given the high earnings of scammers and the level of popularity of the games they sold the keys to.
The global video game tournament industry is booming and gamers can win millions of dollars from it. In this regard, in recent years, the fight against fraud in this area has also intensified.
According to a 2019 study, about a third of the gamers who participated in it admitted that they use cheat programs to increase their chances of winning. Several well-known professional gamers have stopped playing online due to the increasing use of fraudulent loopholes in some games.
Analysis
Joe Tydee, reporter Bi-bi-si on digital technologies.
Cheating in games began as long ago as the games themselves.
But with the rise in popularity of PvP (“player versus player”) games and online competitions, cheating has become more than just a way to stand out among friends.
Many game users are unhappy with cheaters in games like Warzone and Fortnite. Cheat codes are actually ruining gaming, and big companies like Tencent know this.
The police operation shows how seriously this Chinese company and other video game makers are taking the problem.
In addition, the story shows how profitable the sale of fraudulent software for computer games has become.
Once a cottage industry for hackers to spot glitches in game codes, it has now grown into a major area of cybercrime.
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