A hard breach is a serious violation of the rules, integrity standards, or platform safety requirements.
Examples include:
Exceeding maximum drawdown
Exceeding daily drawdown
Fraudulent identity or account activity
Account sharing or unauthorized third-party access
Prohibited arbitrage or exploit-based trading
Manipulation of platform latency or system weaknesses
Use of prohibited automation, EAs, or bots
Abusive duplication across accounts
A hard breach may result in payout denial, account closure, voided results, ban from the platform, and review across linked accounts.