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The 2022 Garry's Mod hacking incident began on June 1st, 2022, when the creator of the "Glue Library" addon to [[Garry's Mod]] was banned from the game. Then, pornographic content, gore, etc.<ref>{{Cite news |last=published |first=Ted Litchfield |date=2022-06-04 |title=PSA: Popular Garry's Mod add-ons were altered to include pornographic jump scares |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/psa-popular-garrys-mod-add-ons-were-altered-to-include-pornographic-jump-scares/ |access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref> were added to jumpscare players which loaded in the game with the add on installed, one of the jumpscares, being the most infamous, was audio of beloved children's TV character [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|Spongebob SquarePants]] saying slurs and overall, being racist. The Glue Library addon wasn't the only Garry's Mod addon affected, as other addons were hacked to display the jumpscares once the player loaded in. Not only would the jumpscares show NSFW content, but they would also play loud screaming noises. The other hacked addons include the "View Extension" addon, the "JAction Extension" addon, the "Dragotheke" addon, the "Trollface Player" addons, and the "Ambient Occlusion" addon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popular Garry's Mod Addon Creator Surprises Players With Graphic Images Following Suspected Ban - Game News 24 |url=https://game-news24.com/2022/06/03/popular-garry-s-mod-addon-creator-surprises-players-with-graphic-images-following-suspected-ban/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> The player would be jumpscared by a notorious image known as "goatse" <ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Joshua |date=2022-06-03 |title=Popular Garry's Mod Addon Creator Is Surprising Players With Graphic Images Following Suspected Ban |url=https://www.thegamer.com/garrys-mod-glue-library/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}</ref>on the Glue Library addon, Racist Spongebob would appear on the Trollface Player addon, etc. If the player dug deeper in the files, they would see loads of curse words and death threats directed towards [[Steam (service)|Steam]], [[Valve Corporation]] and [[Gabe Newell]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=Popular Garry's Mod Addon Creator is surprising gamers with graphic images after alleged ban - Latest Game Stories |url=https://latestgamestories.com/2022/06/03/popular-garrys-mod-addon-creator-is-surprising-gamers-with-graphic-images-after-alleged-ban/,%20https://latestgamestories.com/2022/06/03/popular-garrys-mod-addon-creator-is-surprising-gamers-with-graphic-images-after-alleged-ban/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> Other jumpscares include a picture of a man stretching his [[buttocks]] with extreme vigor, <ref>{{Cite web |last=Shekelhertz |date=2022-06-05 |title=(18+) Garry's Mod Infested With Rogue Workshop Addons Resulting in Graphic "Goatse" Jump Scares |url=https://shekelhertz.com/18-garrys-mod-infested-with-rogue-workshop-addons-resulting-in-graphic-goatse-jump-scares/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Shekelhertz |language=en-US}}</ref> pictures of Neko-Arc that include, Neko-Arc smoking a [[Cigarette|"fat blunt"]], Neko-Arc with the [[The finger|middle finger]] [[emoji]] used by social media platform [[Twitter]], etc. Other mods like Trollface were affected and the creators of those mods did the same thing that happened in the Glue Library to troll players.
