‘PUBG Mobile’ game hackers to pay US$10mil in damages to Tencent and Krafton


The game has recently launched a device ban feature where devices of cheaters will be identified and banned permanently from the game. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

Members of a hacking group have been ordered to pay around US$10mil (RM42mil) in damages for creating and distributing hacks that allowed players to cheat in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile.

According to a statement, federal courts in the US and Germany have ruled in favour of PUBG Mobile publisher Tencent Games and studio Krafton in their lawsuit against the group. The defendants have also been instructed to cease future illegal activities involving cheating, and to divulge the mechanics of how they were able to exploit PUBG Mobile as well as information on their collaborators, if any.

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