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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)

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Rockstar Games' servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago

So a bunch of assholes who like to ruin everyone else's fun are mad because they can't be script kiddie cheaters anymore. So instead they found another way to run everyone else's fun. Cool.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

there is no reason you have to run intrusive anticheat just to play your favorite multiplayer game it can stop hackers but you will force people on the most trash os ever windows i love valves approach to vac but people say its not that good

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