It’s the latest in a long line of complaints about Fallout 76’s jankiness, but following a Reddit post claiming the beta can be hacked on PC, Bethesda has now admitted some of the accusations are valid and require fixes to prevent cheating.
The trouble began when Reddit user teetharejustdone posted an extensive list of potential issues with Fallout 76 on the Fallout 76 subreddit. Claims ranged from a lack of server checks to verify models and file integrity, to unencrypted client to client communication (allowing players to view other user’s in-game stats and even their IP addresses). And indeed, following the recent discovery Fallout 76 can be modded on the player-side, creations have appeared on Nexus Mods which give players an unfair advantage.
In a statement to Eurogamer, Bethesda confirmed some (but not all) of these concerns are correct.
Source: Eurogamer Fallout 76 PC version hacking concerns acknowledged by Bethesda, pledges to fix issues