Trapping game cheats with a honeypotted exploit

Valve pulled off a solid anti-cheat switcheroo that saw over 40,000 accounts banned for using a third-party cheating client. After fixing the cheat, Valve added a special honeypot to identify exactly who was running the cheat before dropping the hammer. Solid crackdownery.

Valve set a trap to catch and ban 40,000 Dota 2 cheaters

The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters

PolygonNicole Carpenter