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Among Us is under attack from a series of spam attacks that may have affected millions of games given the immense popularity of developer Inner Sloth’s social murder mystery game.
The spam attack, dubbed “Eris Loris” bombards the chat log of an Among Us game with a message to subscribe to Eris Loris’ YouTube channel and vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election.
AGAIN!? TWICE IN A ROW #AmongUsGame #ErisLoris pic.twitter.com/PhM9qyNiUN
– TFAnimations (@tf_animations) October 23, 2020
InnerSloth, the developers of Among Us, acknowledged the spam attack on their official Twitter account and says they are “well aware of the current hacking problem.”[.]InnerSloth released an emergency server update to try and combat the problem, but it may not be enough.
Eurogamer spoke to the alleged creator of the spam attack, who explained his motives, which if true, are pretty straightforward. Eris Loris’ YouTube channel already promotes homemade hacks for a variety of different games, and the spam attack is a publicity stunt. The rapid spread of the spam attack on Among Us is due in part to the help of volunteers who contribute to the servers.
As for the pro-Trump message, the alleged creator simply says “I am a college student and I support Trump[.]”
Hello everyone, We are very aware of the current piracy problem and are investigating it. We will release an emergency server update so that people who are in the game will be kicked out of the games. Play private games or with people you trust! Wait a little longer !!
– InnerSloth (@InnerslothDevs) October 23, 2020
Players continue to report spam messages on Among Us a day after developers said they are rolling out a fix, and InnerSloth says players could be kicked out of games as “emergency maintenance” continues.
Among Us originally launched in 2018, but has become incredibly popular as people stayed home to receive shelter-in-place requests during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become so popular that InnerSloth announced that it will scrap a sequel in favor of improving the base game, which is available for PC and mobile devices.
Among Us also got a big boost in visibility thanks to a recent broadcast from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who played the game with popular Twitch streamers to raise awareness about voting in the upcoming election. The popularity of Ocasio-Cortez’s broadcast has big implications for the future of broadcasting and politics.
Matt TM Kim is a reporter for IGN.
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