Police bust 'world's biggest' video-game-cheat operation

20 pointsadamhowell5 years ago11 comments

By games do they mean gambling games or literally random videogames like StarCraft? And if so why is this something the police are involved in? What laws were even broken?

gambiting 5y

They were selling cheats, which can(I don't know if it did here) involve selling software ilegally. So no different than busting someone selling illegal copies of windows in the old days.

rnestler 5y

From the article:

The gang designed and sold cheats to popular video games, including Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile.

malux85 5y

Kunshan police found and destroyed 17 cheats and arrested 10 people in connection with the ring.

Ah ha! A cheat! (holds bit of paper). Quick, burn it!

Excellent, one more cheat eliminated from the world.

noodlesUK 5y

Subscription prices for users began at around $10 a day, and up to $200 a month.

What? 10*(1 month) > 200...

cmehdy 5y

Likely daily and monthly fees such that monthly is encouraged. The wording is definitely awkward though.

Snawoot 5y

Is this 1st April joke or it is real?

mavster 5y

very real

wodenokoto 5y

Can someone expand on why cheats are worth $200/month to consumers?

Is it a way to buy bling that would otherwise cost thousands or?

rnestler 5y

From the article

With players able to win millions in gaming tournaments around the world, a crackdown on cheating has intensified in recent years.

Apparently cheats were used to win tournament prize money.

blibble 5y

the more it costs the fewer people will have it

so your chance of going detected goes down

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