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==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product:
* Privacy: Genshin Impact Anti-cheat is a kernel-level anti-cheat for a what is mostly a single player game. Genshin Impact's developers, Mihoyo, is a Chinese company headquartered in Shanhai.
* Control: Users must have this anti-cheat running while playing the game, and after the game is finished playing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=About Our Anti-Cheat System (Updated) |url=https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/news/detail/103720 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201114443/https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/news/detail/103720 |archive-date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Genshin Impact}}</ref>
* Access: As a kernel-level anti-cheat, the anti-cheat has the highest amount of privilege on your system.
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].


===Example incident one (''date'')===
===Genshin Impact Anti-cheat Used to Bypass Anti-virus in Ransomware Attack (''August, 2022'')===
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Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
Genshin Impact's anti-cheat was used in a ransomware attack vector. This was originally reported on by TrendMicro. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Soliven |first=Ryan |date=2022-08-24 |title=Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus |url=https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918100139/https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html |archive-date=2025-09-18 |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=TrendMicro}}</ref> During this period of vulnerability, Genshin Impact's anti-cheat was utilized to bypass anti-virus software, allowing attackers to remotely deploy ransomware payloads to an affected user's computer.
 
Genshin Impact's PR team, Hoyoverse PR, responded to multiple news outlets with a generic answer that seems to confirm the validity of the claims by TrendMicro. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Bolding |first=Jonathan |date=2022-08-28 |title=Ransomware abuses Genshin Impact's kernel mode anti-cheat to bypass antivirus protection |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/ransomware-abuses-genshin-impacts-kernel-mode-anti-cheat-to-bypass-antivirus-protection/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-22 |work=PCGamer |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Toulas |first=Bill |date=2022-08-25 |title=Hackers abuse Genshin Impact anti-cheat system to disable antivirus |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-system-to-disable-antivirus/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Bleeping Computer}}</ref>
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Revision as of 14:25, 22 September 2025

Genshin Impact Anticheat
Basic Information
Release Year 2020
Product Type Video Games
In Production Yes
Official Website https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/

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Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product:

  • Privacy: Genshin Impact Anti-cheat is a kernel-level anti-cheat for a what is mostly a single player game. Genshin Impact's developers, Mihoyo, is a Chinese company headquartered in Shanhai.
  • Control: Users must have this anti-cheat running while playing the game, and after the game is finished playing.[2]
  • Access: As a kernel-level anti-cheat, the anti-cheat has the highest amount of privilege on your system.

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  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Genshin Impact Anticheat category.

Genshin Impact Anti-cheat Used to Bypass Anti-virus in Ransomware Attack (August, 2022)

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Genshin Impact's anti-cheat was used in a ransomware attack vector. This was originally reported on by TrendMicro. [3] During this period of vulnerability, Genshin Impact's anti-cheat was utilized to bypass anti-virus software, allowing attackers to remotely deploy ransomware payloads to an affected user's computer.

Genshin Impact's PR team, Hoyoverse PR, responded to multiple news outlets with a generic answer that seems to confirm the validity of the claims by TrendMicro. [4][5]

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References

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  2. ↑ "About Our Anti-Cheat System (Updated)". Genshin Impact. 2020-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  3. ↑ Soliven, Ryan (2022-08-24). "Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus". TrendMicro. Archived from the original on 2025-09-18. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  4. ↑ Bolding, Jonathan (2022-08-28). "Ransomware abuses Genshin Impact's kernel mode anti-cheat to bypass antivirus protection". PCGamer. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-09-22.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Toulas, Bill (2022-08-25). "Hackers abuse Genshin Impact anti-cheat system to disable antivirus". Bleeping Computer. Retrieved 2025-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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