Eggs are among the most-prized components of “Pokemon Go.” While they are designed to just hatch Pokemons, some hackers have been using eggs to make Gyms unbeatable. Will an ongoing crackdown on cheaters and hackers finally solve this dilemma?
“Pokemon GO” fans recently discovered a disturbing trend — hackers taking over Gyms. Pokemon Gyms are virtual gyms where trainers take their Pokemons to train and go up against other monsters. But one Reddit user found out that a particular individual has found a far more insidious way of using eggs in the game, by using it to take over the gym.
The hack allowed eggs to become Gym leaders and, since eggs have no HP and no moves, other players can neither fight them nor take them down. What’s worse, the hacker would keep racking up defender points and coins. And it’s not just the hacker who benefits, as any player from the same team as the hacker can occupy the gym and reap the rewards.
It soon became obvious that it’s not just one Gym that was hacked. More players started complaining of Pokemon Gyms in New York that were not working, like those located at the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, the Tao Uptown Asian Fusion restaurant, the New York City Post Office, Times Square, and Madison Square Garden. It was also reported that all these Gyms were hacked by the same person and that he or she was also able to occupy two Gyms in London, one at Buckingham Palace and another one at the Big Ben. For the full article click here
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