Blizzard Korea banned 1,423 Overwatch accounts in Overwatch Season 12 for account sharing on Korean servers, the developer revealed this week.

오버워치 경쟁전 대리 행위 계정 제재 안내



10월 5일 오버워치 경쟁전 시즌12 대리 행위(계정 공유) 의한 1,423 명의 계정이 제재 되었음을 알려드립니다



October 4, Overwatch competition season12 Korean servers 1,423 players were suspended for 'account sharing'



https://t.co/1EIR6LJNZ9 pic.twitter.com/YEe9hQHkMY — Naeri의 오버워치 (@OverwatchNaeri) October 15, 2018

​​Blizzard Korea posted a list of the suspended Overwatch accounts on the forum, with the Battle.net IDs partially censored. The accounts were specifically found in violation of account sharing for Overwatch competitive Season 12, and were thus suspended and unable to compete in the season.





Blizzard reminded readers that account sharing is in violation of its terms of service and asked fans to continue to report players who are hacking or cheating.





South Korea takes cheating in games more seriously than other countries typically do. Blizzard Korea routinely checks for hackers and takes action against developers of cheating programs. In a previous investigation, 13 ​alleged hackers were arrested -- and one was ​sentenced to prison for almost a year for the offenses.





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