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Dota 2 bans 40,000 cheaters after laying ‘honeypot’ trap

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Last updated: 2023/02/23
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Published: February 23, 2023
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Over 40,000 Dota 2 accounts have been permanently banned in the last few weeks after they were caught red-handed using third-party software to cheat the game. In a blog post published on Tuesday, Valve revealed that it had recently patched a known issue used by third-party software to cheat in Dota while simultaneously setting a honeypot trap to catch players using the exploit.

According to Valve, the cheating software gave its users an unfair advantage by accessing information used…

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