HOW RIOT GAMES IS FIGHTING THE WAR AGAINST VIDEO GAME HACKERS

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Riot Games is aggressively combating video game cheaters using its kernel-level anti-cheat system, Vanguard, which grants deep access to users' computers to detect and ban thousands of cheaters daily in games like Valorant. Riot uses strategies such as using Windows' security features, fingerprinting cheaters' hardware, infiltrating cheat communities, and even publicly discrediting cheat developers. It categorizes cheaters by the types of tools they use. The company strategically slows bans to keep cheat development from advancing too quickly.