Valve says it banned 960,000 accounts in Counter-Strike 2 in a single day as part of a major crackdown on bots used to farm in-game case drops. The action was carried out through VAC, the company’s anti-cheat system, and appears to be one of the largest enforcement waves seen in the game. Reports 3dnews.ru.
Counter-Strike 2 developer Ido Magal confirmed the scale of the bans and said the operation followed several investigations built on player reports. He thanked users who flagged suspicious behavior and said the main focus was on so-called farming bots, which often sit idle in lobbies or remain AFK while collecting rewards.
These accounts are a long-running problem for the CS2 community. While cheating remains a major concern, bot-run accounts also damage the experience for regular players and are often used to gather valuable cases and items that can later be sold for real money.
Valve’s VAC bans are generally permanent and are not normally reversed through Steam Support. Only rare exceptions have been made, such as earlier this year when the company acknowledged that a small number of users had received bans by mistake.
The move comes as Valve also faces legal pressure in New York, where Attorney General Letitia James has accused the company of allowing CS2 cases to fuel illegal gambling. Valve has strongly denied those claims.
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