Video game cheating market on the rise, 80 websites rake in up to $73.2 million: Study

A new research suggests that “no anti-cheat system is unbreakable” and that it is common amongst hackers to bypass these security solutions. These game cheating solutions, which often bypass Microsoft’s Windows kernel defense mechanism are often up for purchase on the internet, fuelling a multi-million dollar industry.

The study, conducted by the University of Birmingham involved performing a technical analysis of how game cheats and anti-cheat measures work and analysed 80 game cheat-selling websites in Europe and North America for three months.