“Users install Harmony (redesigned) for a particular reason, suddenly they get errors in popular mods.
The solution provided is to use his versions. Those versions gain traction and users, and people come across them instead of the originals… and see Harmony (redesigned) marked as a dependency. Suddenly you have tens of thousands of users who have effectively installed a trojan on their computer.” Users install Harmony (redesigned) with the bundled with it. The NME report notes Chaos’ malicious code targets specific individuals hampering a machine’s performance if Steam IDs matched certain Cities: Skylines developers, modders, or other community members.Īt the time of publishing this article, it does appear that some mods listed under Chaos’ handle are still available. While Valve reportedly banned him before (after doxxing other members of the community), Chaos has continued supporting his mods through links to outside downloads from Steam discussions.
