While Valorant is still in closed beta, Riot is cracking down hard on cheaters already. Exactly 8,873 cheaters have been struck by the ban hammer from Riot in a first wave of bans.

The news came from Phillip Koskinas, one of the designers of the anticheat pipelines for Valorant. While we don’t know how many players are currently in the closed beta, 8,873 may just be a drop in the ocean.

The very first players banned from Valorant was over a month ago, with hackers being banned just three days into the closed beta. Riot is pulling out all the stops to put a halt to cheaters and hackers before the game releases in Summer.