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By Vikki Blake published 25 October 2020

"Reminder!! Please play private games or with people that you trust!!!"

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Among Us developers InnerSloth has promised players it is "super duper aware" of a current hacking issue that's plaguing the co-op detective game, pushing out an emergency server update to help combat hackers. 

To combat the issue – which is ruining games, disconnecting players, and subjecting them to spam messages about Trump and threats to "kill your device" – the developer is advising players stick to closed lobbies and only play with "people that you trust".

Reminder!! Please play private games or with people that you trust!!! We're doing what we can!!October 23, 2020

"Hello everyone. We're are super duper aware of the current hacking issue and we're looking into it," InnerSloth tweeted (thanks, PC Gamer). "We will be pushing out an emergency server update. Please play private games or with people that you trust!!! Bare with us!!"

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And just to run the message home, the team added: "Reminder!! Please play private games or with people that you trust!!! We're doing what we can!!"

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