Ubisoft now also permabans first time cheaters in The Division
Ubisoft have now begun offering permanent bans for players caught cheating in The Division, recently they were clamping down on Rainbow Six Siege cheaters but have since extended that to The Division which has seen it's fair share of players causing harm. 14 day bans were not tackling the issue head on and more drastic steps were needed to ensure the game couldn't be spoiled.
Burn all the cheaters!
"Judging from your feedback, and based on what we witnessed when cheaters came back to the game, we have now decided to push our policy one step further: We will now start applying permanent bans on first offense when players are caught using cheat engines and we will communicate clearly when new ban waves are taking place.”
Maybe The Division players can finally enjoy a game not ruined for them by hackers, though it'll take a while to patch up the problems at least they're going in a positive direction.
Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/the-division-is-now-serving-up-first-offense-permabans-too/