The bug was first made public by Wisła Kraków coach Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski on 26 August 2020, who said that it allowed him to "see above the map and tell info to the players".
[3] On 31 August 2020, five days after the bug was uncovered, the Esports Integrity Commission banned three coaches due to their involvement in the scandal.
These coaches were Ricardo "dead" Sinigaglia of Made in Brazil, Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen of Heroic, and Aleksandr "zoneR" Bogatiryev of Hard Legion.
[4] On 4 September, ESIC announced that Michal Slowinski, a tournament admin, and Steve Dudenhoeffer, a software development manager at ESEA, were going to examine the "demos" (in-game video recordings) of coaches dating back to 2016 to see who had abused the bug.
According to ESIC, HUNDEN had "manipulated" niko, who has Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Asperger syndrome.
The rest of Heroic's players were cleared of any charges as they were "unable to find anywhere near enough evidence" supporting HUNDEN's claims.
[18] ENCE suspended their coach Slaava "Twista" Räsänen after it was revealed he had used the bug in 2017 and moved him to the analyst role for the duration of the ban.
[21] This practice drew criticism from FaZe Clan head coach Janko "YNk" Paunović, who felt that the two didn't "face the consequences for what [they've] done.
"[22] ForZe contested the ban of their coach Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov and provided an explanation for three of the four cases involving him on 28 September 2020.
One of the changes included a rule which banned coaches from joining the server and being in the same room with players during online matches.