PUBG Mobile Blocks More Than Two Million Accounts Playing Cheating

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JAKARTA - Hacking cases still often occur in the PUBG Mobile game. These hackers aim to interfere with the fun of players who play honestly and fairly.

Through the official PUBG Mobile Twitter page, quoted from ComicBook, Friday, December 25. Within one week, 2,127,454 accounts have been permanently blocked due to cheating by the game made by Tencent Games.

This cleaning, which was carried out from December 11 to 17, was nicknamed Ban Pan. At the same time, the developer stated that the blocking was carried out after identifying three main violations, including X-ray vision, automatic aiming, and character modification.

In addition, the developer also shares infographics that describe the percentage of each of these violations. Thirty-one percent of players have manipulated character models, 18 percent used some cheats for X-ray vision, and 15 percent cheated to help target enemies.

There are also other forms of violations, such as speed hacking and modifying area damage. Interestingly, the majority of accounts hacked were players with a 22 percent Bronze account. Followed by Diamond players with 17 percent, and Platinum and Crown with 15 percent each.

Indeed, PUBG and PUBG Mobile, both of them have long struggled against players who cheat. Going forward they will continue to update the anti-cheat system, detailing how many accounts were blocked during different intervals.