Creators of Genshin Impact cheats that deleted in-game objects arrested — tens of thousands of players fell victim to cybercriminals
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Some tech enthusiasts attempted to make money off Genshin Impact, but ended up in the crosshairs of miHoYo's lawyers and gained big trouble instead of profits.
Genshin Impact enjoys great popularity, and a black market has formed around the game. Some entrepreneurs supply cheats for the miHoYo (HoYoverse) title.
Efforts are being made to combat them, with certain successes. Recently, as a result of a joint investigation with miHoYo, law enforcement tracked down the creators of the cheat “大世界消除” (Open World Erasure), which wrecked the in-game economy. An operation was carried out in China to detain several Genshin Impact cheat developers. A total of 3 key members of the criminal ring were arrested.
Cheaters in Genshin Impact co-op mode were able to delete objects from the game world. The number of victims exceeded 20,000 players, causing some to fear playing in co-op.
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Cover art author: miHoYo (HoYoverse). Image source: genshin.hoyoverse.com
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