our own @nickeverdox securing the very fabric of this reality. msrc.microsoft.com/update-gu…

Why did you leak my p2c method bro....

Up until just recently, some metrics of Microsoft Azure Attestation were completely vulnerable to spoofing in some circumstances, and would accept attacker controlled measurements. SecureBoot in this case, spoofed as ON from a malicious bootkit. see CVE-2026-45642

me and bro on the game

It's 2 am and I am still at manual ban HQ

Ok? Thanks I guess free info lol

I just want to say that for those who ask how they can afford Heino / DMA device, it is because some of them are an installment plan loooool There were more users there, but they left after the exit scam

Does Vanguard physically damage hardware? No. Does this impact hardware or software in any ways unrelated to Riot’s games? No. The IOMMU security protection does not impact hardware, and would only impact the ability of players using DMA cheat devices to play our games. Are normal players affected? Players not using DMA cheat hardware are unaffected. Why target DMA cheats? DMA-based cheats are among the most sophisticated forms of cheating because they attempt to bypass traditional software detection by accessing memory directly through external hardware. I’m affected by this. How do I fix it? To continue cheating in other titles with this device, you may simply disable IOMMU in BIOS in the same place that you enabled it. Of course, you still won’t be able to play our games with these cheat devices enabled. Why did Riot joke about “bricking” PCs? We didn’t. The “paperweight” comment was about VALORANT cheat devices that no longer work in VALORANT. No hardware is being damaged and no other functionalities are impacted.

Well, that escalated quickly. There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices. The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components). Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software. Our latest update enforces standard platform security features, like the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), on accounts identified as using Direct Memory Access (DMA) cheating devices. These protections are already part of modern systems and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory in downstream applications, like our games. If a cheat setup continues attempting to cheat after those protections are enabled, the system may generate hardware faults or instability. This is expected behavior under IOMMU when attempts are made to read protected memory. Disabling IOMMU allows the cheat device to function again, but IOMMU will still be required to play our games. This means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion. This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected. We’ll keep investing in anti-cheat to protect competitive integrity, and we’ll keep being as transparent as possible about how those systems work.

Okay cheaters, nothing is bricked. Here's a step-by-step guide to cheat in other games with your favorite $6000 cheat device. 1) Turn off IOMMU the same way you enabled it. Great psyop btw, I've never seen fiction move so much faster than fact.

A story in 3 pics: lvl 1 account gets blasted in and outside the game 🤣🤣 @ItsGamerDoc @deteccphilippe

Please explain the target demographic for this product. How does someone burn $6000 on cheat hardware and still have the self-esteem required to assemble it?

congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight

All that DMA gear to just get blocked by a pop up box is crazy 6k bricks all over the floor🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

GOD IS REAL THANK YOU @ItsGamerDoc I LOVE YOU

192 RR refund thank you riot ♥️

We are seeing five-stacks queue up with one higher ranked account and multiple lower-ranked shared accounts to manipulate matchmaking for easier wins. Manipulating matchmaking this way will result in a suspension and HWID ban for all accounts engaging in the behavior. We have started bans and will continue banning when we see this kind of abuse on the ladder.

Clarifying the @Trainwreckstv ban: This wasn’t just a 5-stack with friends on their own accounts. An Immortal player (with prior boosting bans on their main) was swapping between MULTIPLE lower-rank smurfs/shared accounts they did not own. That group ran ~80% winrate across ~50 games. This directly violates ToS section 15a (a): “playing on another person’s account or otherwise engaging in activity intended to “boost” an account’s status or rank.” riotgames.com/en/terms-of-se… Quick note on the leaked screenshot: I typed “account he doesn't know” by mistake I meant “doesn’t own”. Typo on my end, my bad. I had already said multiple times in the conversation that there were people in that stack using accounts they didn’t own, so I didn’t think I needed to re-clarify it. That part got taken completely out of context. 5-stacking is completely fine if everyone is on accounts they personally own and hand-leveled. We’ve been actioning the shared-alt deliberate MMR lowering version for over a year (probably longer). We even made public announcements about it: x.com/ItsGamerDoc/status/191…

YOU DID WHAT??????

CLAUDE OPUS 4.7 USING 500K TOKENS TO RENAME A VARIABLE