Fifteen people who made and traded PUBG game cheats have been arrested and fined a total of $5.1m or around 70 billion Rupiah. In the Steam developer post page PUBG Bluehole said there may be other suspects and is still under further investigation.
In the steam post also the local authorities who are handling the case. “15 main suspects including ‘OMG’, ‘FL’, ‘火狐’, ‘须弥’ and ‘炎黄’ were arrested for developing hack programs, hosting marketplaces for hack programs, and brokering transactions. Currently the suspects have been fined around 30 million RNB ($5.1 million). Other suspects linked to the case are still being investigated.
“Some of the hack programs distributed over the internet include the Huigezi Trojan horse (China backdoor) virus. It is proven that the developer hack use this virus to control users’ PCs, scan their data, and extract information illegally.”
In the end of the post Bluehole also added “We will continue to crack down on hack/cheat programs, until our players are free to fight in a truly fair environment,” added Bluehole.
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, game PC and Xbox which put 100 players on a map against each other in a fierce battle for survival, was indeed beset by the Cheaters and Hackers.
PUBG players and developers have previously expressed concerns that the hack tool in circulation might be used to compromise user data, and it appears those concerns are true. Although the Steam Post didn’t specify it, but if you have a PUBG cheat program it is highly recommended to delete it from your PC immediately.
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At the beginning of last year also the Chinese authorities who cooperated with Tencent, after partnering with Bluehole to release PUBG in China has managed to catch 120 creators and cheats. And now on April 25, 15 other suspects have also been arrested. Based on the names, whether or not the average possibility of Chinese players.
