{"id":25002,"date":"2023-02-22T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-created-a-secret-area-in-the-dota-2-client-to-trap-over-40000-cheaters\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:15:57","slug":"valve-created-a-secret-area-in-the-dota-2-client-to-trap-over-40000-cheaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-created-a-secret-area-in-the-dota-2-client-to-trap-over-40000-cheaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve created a secret area in the Dota 2 client to trap over 40,000 cheaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nValve has issued a stark warning to Dota 2 cheaters, while confirming it has permanently banned over 40,000 accounts using a &#8220;honeypot&#8221; tactic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dota2.com\/newsentry\/3677788723152833273\">blog post<\/a> published last night, Valve said it had banned accounts it found were using third-party software to cheat in its hugely popular MOBA over the last few weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to Valve, this software accessed information used internally by the Dota client that wasn&#8217;t visible during normal gameplay, giving cheaters an unfair advantage.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valve-created-a-secret-area-in-the-dota-2-client-to-trap-over-40000-cheaters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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