Following the permanent suspension of over 2 million "PUBG Mobile" players last week, the server of the hit battle royale title recently experienced a denial of service (DDoS) attack, which triggered the disconnection of players all over the world.
A member of the "PUBG Mobile" Community team recently confirmed the DDoS attack on the game's official Discord server. It also acknowledged that some players may have encountered Error 403 while playing the hit battle royale title. The message assured players that the team immediately started taking action is working closely to resolve the issue.
"We aim to bring back the normal gaming experience to our players as soon as possible," the message shared. Apart from this, the latest message also announced that "PUBG Mobile" will soon receive a new Anti-Cheat patch. The team has also released more security team members to put a stop to cheaters, the message continued.
"PUBG Mobile" Community admitted that, like most players, the team has a zero-tolerance policy against hacking and cheating. Lastly, it thanked the players for their continued support and patience as the game inches towards creating an even and fair playing field for players.
"PUBG Mobile" launched a few weeks ago a new update that reinforced its extensive anti-cheat measures. Just before September ends, the devs shared that it has permanently suspended over 2.3 million accounts from accessing the hit. The latest anti-cheat measures target to eliminate exploits that players use to achieve an unfair advantage in the game.
From September 18th to September 24th, 2,376,017 accounts have been permanently suspended from accessing our game, out of which these are the reasons: 36%: X-Ray Vision
28%: Auto-Aim Cheats
19%: Speed Cheats
17%: Other pic.twitter.com/cbSzvChwCV — PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) September 29, 2020
These "PUBG Mobile" exploits include hacks that allow players to gain a visual advantage over other players. The anti-cheat update also removed plug-ins that allow players to kill other players just after parachuting. According to the devs, players caught cheating could get a 10-year ban.
Between September 18 and 24, "PUBG Mobile" devs permanently suspended 2,376,017 accounts. The biggest part of the pie or 36% were players caught utilizing X-ray vision. 28% percent of permanently suspended accounts were players using auto-aim cheats.
It was on August 29 when the "PUBG Mobile" team shared its first Anti-cheat report. It suspended 2,273,152 accounts while 1,838,223 accounts were caught cheating on its second report. For the team's third report, it restricted 2,080,812 accounts.
"PUBG Mobile" recently introduced the Video Review Station, which is a new Anti-Cheat feature to ensure a fair gameplay environment. Through this new system, players are given the chance to decide if the gamer reported by another player indeed used an exploit not cheated. If most of the responses find the player guilty, officials will further review the video for verification before penalizing the cheater.
