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Anti-Hacking software Getting hacked by Hacker.
By Zachary Weiser
Picture provided by Activsion Blizzard
The year is 2000, We have survived Y2k, and the gaming scene is kicking off. I just got home from school, and I’ve loaded up Diablo 2 in the first server I join I see someone wearing the best armor in the game, So I load up a program a friend showed me and duplicate his items. This is the first time and only time I ever used hacks in video games. This specific hack wasn’t something that hurt other players or damaged anything beyond gear score, it was harmless or so I thought. Looking back to 21 years ago it was the start of a decline in gaming.
In the last few years hacking has gotten worse and worse in competitive Gaming, From Battle Royals growing popularity it has come with the Issue a lot of FPS have faced, Hackers. I personally Understand the want to be the best, however not the means. In October a popular Battle royal game announced a brand-new Anti-Cheat, call of duty warzone announced Ricochet, A brand new kernel level Anti-Cheat that was aimed at stopping hackers in their tracks.
Kernel Level software is a software that scares a lot of gamers. Its giving unfettered access to the deepest levels of PC. Kernel level software was attempted by Riot games that came under a massive amount of fire about the always on Anti-Cheat. One good thing about Ricochet is that its not always on Anti-cheat which means that its only active when the game is active!
Hacking generally are outside programs that effect the game files locally, let’s say Aimbot, what it does is locks on to a players Hitbox and allows the hacking player to accurately with no skill Down that player no matter their movements, most of these programs are on the local side of a computer and hard to detect for Anti-Cheats. What Ricochet set out to do was to install on the kernel level and run background checks. This allows the program to find those pesky hidden files and flag them, leading to the player to get banned.
However, news broke that early October that the source code for Ricochet had been leaked to outside sources. This is a huge blow for the Anti-Cheat, its like if you buy a brand-new car with a state-of-the-art locking system and some kid stole the key copy from the dealership. You have your keys and your car locks, but this kid can come open your car and bypass the security. Hackers will use this to update their programs to bypass the Anti-cheat.
Hacking in video games as a hole is a problem, it makes gamers who play for fun no longer want to play games. It can kill entire game economies. If I used the same program I used back in the 2000’s with a game today, I would be bypassing game play and ruining the economics of games these days. Developers do work hard to make sure that these cheaters get banned, one problem with today’s games like Warzone, Apex and Fortnite is that they are free to play games, this allows for a ban to not matter Unless it is a hardware or IP ban. Which in my opinion. is needed, by banning hardware you can lockout much more cheaters then just banning their account.
Ricochet set out to change this, hearing that the code leaked is a big hit to gamers. Personally, I am prepared to install whatever anti cheat is possible to be able to play a game without having to worry about weather or not the person on the other team has an unfair advantage that makes the game unplayable for the normal player. I have quit games based on hackers one of the biggest games that I truly enjoyed what PUBG, which today is unplayable due to the hacking problems.
So, what can Gamers do to stop this problem? Isn't it all about the developers? It is not our job as gamers to police their games. But it is, we live and thrive in these world, if your favorite game is Warzone, you play it at the end of your hard day because its something you can do to relax. then suddenly you get headshot from across the map by someone who is obviously not a legit player. the Warzone developers provided a report button for this reason, To report that player and the developers can take steps to at least remove one problem at a time from their games. Making it a much more pleasant and competitive environment. We do not play games to lose but losing to an unfair advantage makes a game not worth playing.
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