There is a lovely EVE Forums “threadnaught” on this issue and now a story over at Massively on this now confirmed exploit.

What’s the issue?

Well, the TL;DR is that with a bit of coding work, you can create a way in which you will not show up in the local chat in normal space, thus surprise your target as they don’t see you coming.

Is this an exploit?  In a word, yes and it’s an interesting one.

Head over to the EVE forums and read the thread, it’s about 37 pages at the time of this post.  There is some very convincing video of this exploit being used by more than one individual.

The real kicker here is that CCP has yet to respond to this whole drama as it’s been building on their forums all day.

As to how this can be fixed, well, I am not a programmer, I have no idea.

Until CCP responds, I would urge everyone to stay calm.  I am sure there will be more news on this problem soon.

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