Hacker says they banned ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty gamers by abusing anti-cheat flaw

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The company was alerted of the existence of the bug when Zebleer published details of the exploit on X.“It was nice to see it get fixed and see unbans,” said Vizor.“I had my fun.

In response, video game companies have been hiring cybersecurity specialists to develop and fine tune their anti-cheat systems to catch and ban game cheaters.

Vizor said they were able to find a unique way to exploit Ricochet, and use it against the players it was supposed to protect.