{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T20:24:58.102Z","story":{"id":"r_38992afd74a145308c10b54b","slug":"riot-taunts-cheaters-after-vanguard-update-blocks-dma-devices","url":"https://yomimono.id/riot-taunts-cheaters-after-vanguard-update-blocks-dma-devices","headline":"Riot Taunts Cheaters After Vanguard Update Blocks Dma Devices","summary":"A new Vanguard update for VALORANT disables hardware-level DMA cheat devices using SATA/NVMe standards. Riot Games responded to the news on social media with a message mocking the cost of the now-useless hardware, calling them \"paperweights.\"","why_it_matters":"The update shows Riot is actively countering sophisticated hardware-based cheating methods that are difficult to detect through conventional software monitoring.","published_at":"2026-05-22T07:16:57.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Automaton"],"citations":[{"source":"Automaton","title":"Report: New Anti-Cheat Measures in VALORANT Disable Direct Memory Access Cheat Devices; Official Account Boldly Taunts 'Paperweights'","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260522-444595/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}