Looks like they've partially decoded the update that broke the API the mapping and bots were using, and it's partially working again, though they don't fully understand it yet.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/0...for-four-days/
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In examining the updated game, hackers quickly focused their efforts on a bit of hidden data called Unknown6 (or U6) in the code. After the update, API requests that didn't send valid U6 data returned a useless empty response (previously, the field could be left blank with no issue, suggesting this anti-cheat protection was present but not activated in the game as it launched).
The U6 data itself seems to be a hashed encryption of data collected from the current state of the actual game client, which changes with each tick of the game's internal "heartbeat" timer. Theoretically, only a valid game client would have that information and know how to use it to generate that U6 hash, leaving bots and other hacks in the cold.
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