Last week we carried a story about Counter-Strike cheats being posted publically that could circumvent even Punkbuster. The cheats were posted on one of the largest anti-cheating pages out there, Busted. As a result nearly all Counter-Strike online leagues have been halted (and still are right now!). Well Busted has closed up shop (Thanks -tKf-) and left a message:

Busted's actions were taken so that all major CS leagues would be forced to delay play so that these cheats could not be used, whether in the masses or in small numbers. They have guaranteed that these cheats will not see another day in any top CS league (IGL RiTD HA BITE FiTH so on). Are you going to flame Busted for making this guarantee possible? They have also gotten Valve AND PunkBuster's attention with this. These cheats were sent into both Valve and PunkBuster AT THE VERY LEAST 3 weeks ago. How do I know this? Because I sent them. PunkBuster and Valve have not replied and have not done anything about them STILL. [snip]

While on the topic, Gooseman has a brief Q&A on Turtled discussing cheating and his thoughts on if it will ever really stop. Here's a golden one:

"Asking me why my game is not 100% cheat proof is like asking me why I'm not Master of the Universe."