TLDR Web Dev · MISCELLANEOUS

HOW I DEFEATED AN MMO GAME HACK AUTHOR

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

When this developer discovered an MMO game hack, he decided to learn how to hack the game himself and make it more difficult for the hack's author to keep up. Through clever code modifications and observation, he was able to identify the hack's author and even the users who were exploiting it. This led the hacking company to eventually abandon its project.