Gearbox Studios, the maker of the popular game Borderlands 2, is warning Xbox 360 users to be careful of who they play with, following a rash of reports of unexplained character deaths.
The culprit? A software flaw that appears to be spreading, STD-like, from Borderlands 2 "modders" to other law-abiding gamers they play with.
The company acknowledged the attacks on Friday, saying that "a few users" were "using an external application" to "maliciously disrupt" the game and "sabotage characters of legitimate Borderlands 2 players on Xbox 360," according to a message posted by Gearbox community manager Chris Faylor in the game's user forum.
Faylor said Gearbox has submitted an update to Microsoft to correct the problem.
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