(Updated) Krafton bans over 70,000 BGMI accounts permanently for cheating

Krafton has permanently banned 70,543 accounts in a week for cheating in Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the game developer announced on Monday. These accounts were banned between January 3 and January 8, 2022.

"BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA will strive to implement strong sanctions with the ultimate goal of eradicating the use of illegal programs in order to provide you a pleasant gaming environment," the South Korean game developer said in a statement.

Krafton has published the entire list of cheaters here.

Prior to this, Krafton banned 71,116 accounts permanently in under a week - between December 27 and January 2 - for cheating in the game.

Recently, Krafton also introduced a permanent device ban policy to eliminate the use of illegal programs in the India-exclusive battle royale game. Under this new policy, a mobile device will be permanently banned from using BGMI if the use of illegal programs is detected.

The Battlegrounds Mobile India 1.8.0 update has arrived. The update brings new features and also improves the receipt and result of reporting cheaters, among others.

Merit Level and Reporting Cheaters

Penalty on merit level deduction from malicious behaviours such as team finish or offensive chat is reinforced Deducted merit level can be restored based on the gameplay time and contribution during the game, and rewards will be provided to players maintaining a high merit level. The receipt and result of reporting cheaters have been improved to deliver more details to the players.