Valve VAC bans a million CS2 accounts in one day

Valve banned 960,000 farming bot accounts, project lead Ido Magal tweeted the number for the previous day.

Targeted farming bot accounts developer said focus was on 'farming bot accounts' and investigation used user reports.

Asked players to report suspicious accounts players were asked to email CSGO feedback with subject 'Farming Bot Report'.

Stated VAC bans are permanent and non-negotiable, valve said VAC bans cannot be removed by Steam support.

VAC bans block access to VAC-secured multiplayer games banned users cannot play CS Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, TF2, Day of Defeat.