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Destiny 2 chat disabled after discovery it can be used to cheat

2 Aug 2022
Steve Wright

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Destiny 2 chat was disabled over the weekend after cheaters realised it could be manipulated to disrupt the experience of others.

“We have temporarily disabled text chat on all platforms in Destiny 2 while we investigate an issue causing Weasel errors,” Bungie quickly wrote, following the discovery. “Stay tuned for updates.”

Cheaters were using large strings of characters in said chat to crash the games of opponents, as detailed by Destiny Bulletin on Twitter. It’s unclear when the feature will be turned on… but it’s certain that won’t happen until the vulnerability has been patched.

Destiny 2 is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5 and Stadia. Its Solstice of Heroes 2022 event is ongoing.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.