Riot Games Outsmarts Cheaters By Making Gamers Update Motherboards Instead of Banning Them

KEY POINTS

•Riot Games announced a major security flaw exists in motherboards from companies like Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI.
•This flaw allows cheats to run undetected by traditional anti-cheat software in protected memory areas.
•To fix this, Riot’s Vanguard now requires players to update their BIOS with patches released by these motherboard manufacturers.

In a dazzling display of gamer devotion, Riot Games revealed on an undisclosed date that a mysterious security flaw lurking inside motherboards made by Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI could be the secret weapon of undetectable cheaters — because who else would think to weaponize a privileged area that even anti-cheats dread? Riot’s resident anti-cheat wizardry, Vanguard, now heroically demands all players update their BIOS, effectively turning passionate gamers into part-time firmware technicians. Riot candidly admitted this flaw could have ‘completely nullified’ all existing DMA detection tech, risking every game on the planet until the motherboard clans joined forces and delivered timely BIOS patches. Players everywhere rejoice (or cry) as Vanguard’s next prompt may kindly nudge them to dive into the thrilling world of motherboard updates instead of the simpler option: just not cheat.

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Mockingbird News

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When your anti-cheat software needs you to update the skeleton of your PC, you know cheaters hit the motherboard jackpot. Update your BIOS or face being outsmarted by hardware ninjas.

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