Top-rated ESL Impact League S6 player admits to cheating in matchmaking

On February 2nd, a player reached out to Dust2.us claiming that ESL Impact player Jennifer "bored3m" Ivanova had cheated against his team in a recent Counter-Strike 2 Premier matchmaking game. The player claims that he faced bored3m on Dust2 on January 31st, alleging that she engaged in "full blatant wall hacking and aimbotting", sending multiple clips to Dust2.us that he believes are highly unusual.

These clips, which can be seen below, show a player named "swag" using the SSG 08 Scout and AWP to score multiple hits and kills through walls while also attempting to kill players with "wallbangs" through surfaces that cannot normally be penetrated by the Scout. The full demo of the match may be found here.

As part of our investigation, Dust2.us aimed to confirm the identity of "swag". By using the match's Leetify page, Dust2.us was able to connect "swag" to the following private Steam account and FACEIT profile, both named bored3m. Additionally, the FACEIT profile is a member of FLUFFY MAFIA's ESEA league page, a team bored3m previously played with in 2024.

As "swag"/bored3m's Steam profile is set to private, Dust2.us reached out to a former teammate of bored3m to verify if the accounts belongs to her, with the teammate confirming that the profile does in fact belong to bored3m.

Following this conversation, in a surprising turn of events, bored3m would reach out to the author of this report via their personal X account. She confirmed that she had cheated in matchmaking for "fun", while requesting that Dust2.us not post anything about the incident.

This is a request that Dust2.us is unable to honor due to our stance against cheating and other integrity violations. It is unknown what will come of this admission as cheating is a serious infraction in the esports space. Dust2.us will keep you updated regarding updates to this story.