{
  "id": 11508458,
  "title": "Used Processor Leads To Game Ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/used-processor-leads-to-game-ban",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/02/1750242/used-processor-leads-to-game-ban"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "When purchasing a used gaming PC, buyers must be cautious about the components' history. A Reddit case demonstrates this issue. A user installed a used AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor, which had been employed in cheating. Consequently, the new owner is barred from several online games. The error was detected during the initial play of Valorant, developed by Riot. As soon as the game launched, the new owner was instantly disconnected. Riot support confirmed the previous owner's cheating. The processor is now listed in an internal blacklist, potentially affecting other components like the motherboard. Riot support does not manually remove these entries. Beyond Valorant, all other Riot-developed PC games are impacted, including League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and 2XKO. The Vanguard anti-cheating system, traditionally deeply embedded in the Windows kernel, can launch with a game if security features like TPM and Secure Boot are enabled since a June 2026 update. The specifics on how Riot uniquely identifies processors remain unclear, though they may involve hardware fingerprinting based on chip behavior or storing identification hashes in the TPM, accessible by Vanguard in its newer mode.",
  "summary": "AmiMoJo shares a report from heise online: Anyone buying used hardware for a gaming PC needs to be careful: not just whether the components are still in order but also what the previous owner did with them. A case on Reddit shows this. Someone installed a used AMD processor, a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, in their PC. Because the previous owner was caught cheating, the new owner cannot start several online…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}