Blizzard is suing Starcraft 2 hackers for profiting off mods

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Blizzard is suing a collective of hackers for messing with - and profiting off of - Starcraft 2 via user-made mods.
The primary targets are those behind the “ValiantChaos MapHack”, a mod that gives players an unfair advantage in the game, that's been frequently sold for $62.50 a pop.
The developer accused the hackers of the "insidious and harmful practice of developing, distributing, and selling software products (sometimes referred to as 'hacks' or 'cheats') that modify or alter the online 'multiplayer' component of Blizzard's computer games to give their users an unfair competitive advantage against other players," Blizzard explained in its complaint (as discovered by Torrentfreak).
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