A Hidden Message in 'Valorant' Anti-Cheat Code Is Recruiting Hackers

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The makers of League of Legends are trying to recruit hackers with a hidden message inside their latest game, the tactical shooter Valorant.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ayne3/valorant-riot-games-hidden-message-anti-cheat-code-recruiting-hackers
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A tradition that dates back to the early days of arcades! Here’s a message hidden inside the code of Donkey Kong:

CONGRATULATION !
IF YOU ANALYSE
DIFFICULT THIS
PROGRAM,WE WOULD
TEACH YOU.*****
TEL.TOKYO-JAPAN
044(244)2151
EXTENTION 304
SYSTEM DESIGN
IKEGAMI CO. LIM.

(Ikegami was the company that Nintendo hired to do the actual programming on Donkey Kong, and actually won a lawsuit against Nintendo about their ownership of the code. This is why the arcade version of the game is so rarely re-released)

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This is pretty common in web development also, goofing recruitment messages in comments and headers and the like

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Yup. Google hijacks particular search terms and asks you if you want to take a programming test.

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