{"id":85789,"date":"2016-02-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85789"},"modified":"2016-02-02T09:08:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T07:08:35","slug":"the-divisions-netcode-is-exploited-hackers-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/85789-the-divisions-netcode-is-exploited-hackers-everywhere","title":{"rendered":"The Division’s netcode is exploited: hackers everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Division\u00a0<\/em>may offer the best visual experience on PC<\/a>, the improved frame rate doesn’t hurt either, but it’s far from perfect.<\/p>\n

There have been reports on Reddit and NeoGAF, via sites like GameSpot <\/a>and DSO Gaming<\/a>, that the game’s netcode is easily exploited by players taking part in the beta.<\/p>\n

This has lead to cheating by means of a number of exploits that take advantage of player\u00a0statistics granting unlimited health, ammo, super-speed, critical hit chance, no recoil and unlimited medical kits.<\/p>\n

Why is this happening?\u00a0According to users on Reddit threads like this one<\/a>, or this one<\/a> as well as NeoGAF<\/a>, this is occurring because a player’s statistics is stored\u00a0client side.<\/p>\n

Users can easily alter these statistics\u00a0and then ‘push’ them online. Allegedly, the game’s server accepted the altered statistics with no problem, whatsoever.<\/p>\n

You can see examples of the hacking below, courtesy of a Reddit user <\/a>named ‘division_throwaway’:<\/p>\n