The inventory theft hack, which targeted the PC version of the game, was widely popularized in a December 22 video showing a player stealing gear from dozens of fellow players, who go from fully clothed to standing in their underwear in the blink of an eye. Players quickly threw up warnings and evidence of the hack’s spread on Reddit and looked for answers from the game’s developer.

By December 23, Bethesda had acknowledged the hack and said it “may have resulted in a few players losing items that their characters had equipped,” in a Reddit post. A patch soon followed to prevent further in-game thievery, but players that had their items stolen were still left without even the shirt on their virtual backs.