Riot Games' kernal level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update which is allegedly altering system firmware associated with cheating.

Riot Games‘ kernel-level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update that is allegedly altering system firmware to remove the ability of the user to access certain hardware associated with cheating.

Riot Games quoted one post discussing the anti-cheat, replying “congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight.” But how exactly does Vanguard’s new system make “paperweights” out of hardware?

  • rem26_art@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    The ability to detect the firmware necessary for the cheats comes after collaboration between Riot and various motherboard manufacturers such as MSI, ASRock, and ASUS.

    “Our games are so important that we need your help to break devices that your customers plug in to your products”