Hackers in Star Citizen already?

[Blind Owl]

At 15 minutes I shut this off. Three thoughts 1) Cheats are real, have been and will be around for years. So are permabans. 2) CIG has a team who is actively engaged in dealing with this. I am not privy to their strategy but gathering information is vital to any actions, and the PTU builds especially have intense monitoring. That QR code takes them back to a stored data stream.

3) I would suggest not wasting any more of your time with this self-important proof of the inadequacy of tin foil. If you want a reasoned discussion, Grolo put up some thoughts earlier on his channel about the recent cheating.

Right? Wow, that dude likes the sound of his own voice, and you can tell from the constant cuts that someone had to edit this garbage down by a lot (wouldn't surprise me one bit if it'd originally been over six hours of him rambling and pontificating.) He also kept going on and on about some major reveal from a Bar Citizen event that he'll get into later, but I never did find him actually going into the details of that major reveal (if anyone can point to the time stamp for this 'major reveal', I'll go back to check it out, but I'm guessing it boils down to: A person drunk at a Bar Citizen overheard some drunk people talking, and the first person took their conversation as complaining about another employee and accusing them of being involved with hackers.)

Thank you both for watching this so I didn't have to. Lol.

I'm happy to see permabans are happening. And as of yet, I've not run into a cheater. And I've been playing fairly consistently for the past couple months.

 

[AstroSam]

One of our tech creators of the German community made a youtube vid regarding the current situation on (asian) hackers, farming aUEC by using bots:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fEliQhUffs

Consolidated Key Points by Topic

Topic	Bullet Points
CIG’s Anti‑Cheat Strategy	• Acknowledges rising cheating during Free Fly & growth • Silent in‑game code changes (not disclosed) • Easy Anti‑Cheat integration strengthened
Impact on Third‑Party Tools	• Freedom to use community mods being restricted • Some VR/localization/driver tweaks may stop working
Linux‑Specific Actions	• Update to newest .rsi Launcher • Use latest compatible Proton/Wine Mackt Runner build • Regenerate or edit start script (EOS_USE_ANTICHEAT_CLIENT=0) • Revert to default Windows‑style install path for LIVE • Remove legacy EAC workarounds; new EAC works natively
Enforcement Measures	• Permabans already issued to confirmed cheaters • CIG will act more aggressively going forward
Player Guidelines	• Do not test exploits or hacks—ToS violations risk account loss • Report suspected cheaters via official support channels
Community Resources	• Linux User Group GitHub page (step‑by‑step guide) • LUG & creator’s Discord channels for assistance