It all began in the early 2000s, when the gaming community was plagued by cheaters using software to alter their Hardware IDs (HWIDs) and evade detection. HWIDs, unique identifiers assigned to computer hardware, were meant to prevent users from creating multiple accounts or using cheating software. However, clever hackers found ways to manipulate these IDs, giving birth to a cat-and-mouse game between cheat developers and anti-cheat systems.