South Korean parliament has just passed a bill that makes creating or using hacks for online video games a crime. They define hacks as pretty much anything a player uses or does that is against the terms of service of the game. This may sound mundane or not that big of a deal, but the punishment for being caught using hacks is quite severe. The unfortunate cheaters who are found to be using hacks or scripts can be punished with up to five years in jail or $43,000 in fines. This doesn't only affect South Korea, seeing as quite a few hacking programs are developed in Korea and spread elsewhere. Now that developing said programs is illegal the distribution of them in other countries should be greatly reduced. Hacking in a video game may not seem like a big deal, but not only does it ruin the experience for 99% of the player base who spent over $60 on the game, but it also violates the terms of service that the company has put in place for obvious reasons. Of course there will never be a time where hacking is completely nonexistent, but this ban in Korea will almost definitely have a huge impact on the games of today and hopefully far into the future.
-Joey Arzeno
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