Players of the pirate MMO Atlas were recently attacked by whales, airplanes, and even tanks from World War I. Hackers seized an admin account and caused havoc. But where do the airplanes and tanks come from? They don’t fit in the game at all.
This is what happened: Cheaters spawned whales and airplanes out of nowhere to defend their own fleet, distracting other players and damaging their ships. Tanks from World War I were also summoned by command.
The group “Black Butterfly” is said to be mainly responsible for this. They even managed to gain access to an admin account. As a result, the servers of Atlas were taken offline and even rolled back for several hours.
The Twitch streamer BurkeBlack was attacked by whales and airplanes.
Streamer SniperNamedG, on the other hand, witnessed tanks from World War I appearing out of nowhere and causing chaos.
What is a WW1 tank, the British Mark IV, doing in Atlas? In the survival MMO Atlas, it is primarily about pirates and their adventures. Tanks and airplanes from World War I or II do not fit in.
Players fear that Atlas could indeed become increasingly futuristic. A announced submarine further fuels the fear.
This is what it’s about: The airplanes and tanks are by no means part of the actual game and cannot usually be found or built. They were added to Atlas shortly after its release in December, as pioneers of the dev kit, or the Steam Workshop integration.
Server admins should be able to test via cheat commands what options they have to customize their servers. This includes the tank, the airplane, and a flying ship in a steampunk design.
The cheaters exploited the existing game data and spawned the tanks on the official servers, where they were never supposed to land.
By activating BattleEye, the developers have already taken a first step towards combating cheating.
