{"id":78706,"date":"2019-01-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/splatoon_2_hackers_are_disconnecting_opponents_to_claim_victory_in_league_battles"},"modified":"2019-01-28T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T15:00:00","slug":"splatoon-2-hackers-are-disconnecting-opponents-to-claim-victory-in-league-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/28\/splatoon-2-hackers-are-disconnecting-opponents-to-claim-victory-in-league-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 2 Hackers Are Disconnecting Opponents To Claim Victory In League Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6c159d16cb5d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6c159d16cb5d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Splatoon2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6c159d16cb5d\/splatoon2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6c159d16cb5d\/splatoon2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splatoon2\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> has been subject to much more than its fair share of hacking issues since its release on Switch around a year and a half ago, and the problem doesn&#8217;t seem to be going away any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OatmealDome\/status\/1089806443954491393\">OatmealDome<\/a>, a data miner well-known within the Splatoon community, some players are entering League Battles and manually forcing their opponents to disconnect from the game to win matches and reach Rank 1 on the leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that hackers are achieving this by performing denial-of-service attacks on other players, directly attacking their internet connection linked to the game and forcing a disconnect. If you get disconnected from a game, you&#8217;ll automatically forfeit that match to your opponent, giving hackers an easy way to beat others to the top.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u30eb\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u306e\u30ed\u30b0\u3092\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u305f\u3089\u653b\u6483\u3055\u308c\u305f\u5f62\u8de1\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br \/>\u4e00\u90e8\u4f0f\u305b\u3066\u307e\u3059\u304c\u653b\u6483\u3057\u3066\u304d\u305fIP\u304c\u5272\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br \/>\u88ab\u5bb3\u306b\u906d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3089\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u307f\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3044\u304b\u3082\u3067\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/idmvnDb9et\">pic.twitter.com\/idmvnDb9et<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u30e8\u30fc\u30b8 (@youjiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youjiman\/status\/1089801974613196800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This follows a series of hacking problems faced by players last year, in which culprits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/splatoon_2_hackers_are_forcing_unreleased_content_onto_other_players\">forced unreleased content onto other players<\/a> amongst other things. One user actually hacked the in-game leaderboards to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/07\/random_splatoon_2_player_hacks_in-game_leaderboard_to_send_nintendo_a_message\">send Nintendo a message<\/a>, expressing their concerns about the game&#8217;s vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>As always, if you fall victim to any hacking attempts in the game, we&#8217;d urge you to report offending users via the SplatNet 2 app on mobile.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s hoping Nintendo puts a stop to this as soon as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splatoon 2 has been subject to much more than its fair share of hacking issues since its release on Switch around a year and a half ago, and the problem doesn&#8217;t seem to be going away any time soon. 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