The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters

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Allan "dwangoAC” has made it his mission to expose speedrunning phonies.

At the Defcon hacker conference, he’ll challenge one record that's stood for 15 years.

Meanwhile, Cecil says Diablo speedrunner “xavier_sb” has completed a run of the game in just over 4 minutes and 40 seconds, which would stand as the new record if Maselewski's is expunged.

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Author / Journalist: Andy Greenberg

Category: TechnologyEconomy

Markets: United States

Topics: Culture / Video Games Security Security / Security News

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Published On: 2024-08-10 @ 21:30:00 (15 hours ago)

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