Ore Factory Squad ⛏️ · build 24304783 · published
Hi Miners! ⛏️
We’ve released a second patch for the recent private lobby security issue.
First of all, we’re sorry again to everyone who was affected. Invite-only rooms should be safe places to play with your friends, and we know how frustrating it is when that experience gets ruined.
After further investigation, we identified three users involved in this situation. They were using external methods to access private rooms, grief players, sell their items, and impersonate others, including developer names.
That is hacking, plain and simple. This behavior will not be tolerated. Anyone attempting to hack, grief, impersonate others, or access rooms they should not be able to join will face action.
To stop this from continuing, we have now added an authentication and ban system to the multiplayer flow and the three users involved are now banned from playing multiplayer.
We also had reason to suspect that hidden rooms could potentially be accessed through Steam user data. As part of this patch, we added extra protection for that side through the new authenticator system as well.
For now, lobby codes are still temporarily disabled. We’re continuing to work on a safer version of that system, and we hope to bring lobby codes back soon.
⚠️Please update your game to the latest version as soon as possible!
If you see anyone trying to do this again, please report it to us on Discord with as much detail as possible.
Thank you for your patience while we handle this properly.
💬 Feel free to join our Discord to report issues, share feedback, or contact us directly.