Used CPU Ban Spills Over to New Owner in Valorant
A Redditor discovers their new PC is banned from Valorant because the used CPU they bought was previously flagged by Vanguard for cheating.
The story so far
2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 2 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 2 October at 12:12 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware followed 25h 56m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware, appeared on 3 October at 14:09 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Hacker News, Latest from Tom's Hardware.
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- Valorant
- Vanguard