Genshin Impact players believe hackers are "bricking" progress by deleting in-game exploration points

eurogamer.net:

Genshin Impact fans are reporting that malicious players are using its co-op feature to infiltrate other players' worlds and delete in-game items like seele, chests, and elemental totems, preventing them from progressing.

Right now, the issue is primarily affecting players on the Chinese server, but given the issue appears to permanently «brick» progress – even if you reinstall the game or play on a different device – all players are warned not to join any stranger's co-op game until the issue has been resolved.

According to some players affected by the issue, the «destruction is irreversible». This video, for instance, shows how an elemental totem – used to get around the world – was deleted, bricking the player's time-limited challenges and preventing them from progressing.

«There is currently a critical bug that allows third-party software (probably Akebi) to be used to delete interactive objects in the game while online. Beware of malicious online situations,» warned one player.

【原神】現在、オンライン状態で第三者ソフトウェア（おそらくAkebi）を使用してゲーム内の対話可能なオブジェクトを削除できる重大なバグが存在しています。悪意のあるオンライン状況にご注意ください。<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E5%8E%9F%E7%A5%9E?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#原神

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«The destruction based on Kaveh E is irreversible, even if you reinstall, use another device or Cloud Genshin,» tweeted another affected player.

«Presently, there's no way to get back the deleted items. Better stop co-op with others until Hoyoverse's official announcement is made.»

The destruction based on Kaveh E is irreversible, even you reinstall, using another devices or cloud genshin. Presently there's no way to get back the deleted