Activision Fixes Modern Warfare III and Warzone Anti-Cheat Hack Issue

Activision has reported that it has disabled a workaround in its detection system for games such as Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone. This workaround had resulted in the erroneous banning of legitimate players by the Ricochet anti-cheat system. According to Activision, the issue affected a small number of legitimate user accounts, all of which have been restored.

However, zebleer, the operator of the Phantom Overlay store which sells cheats, contends that the issue is more widespread than Activision claims. In a detailed post on X, zebleer explained that when Ricochet scans a player’s computer memory for known cheat software, it searches for a specific plaintext string:

"54 72 69 67 67 65 72 20 42 6f 74" (which translates to "Trigger Bot").

Due to this scanning process, zebleer claims it has been feasible to have someone banned by sending them a message or a friend request containing the phrase or by typing "Nice Trigger Bot dude!” in the game’s chat. This message would then be detected in the player’s memory by Ricochet.

Despite Activision’s assurance that only a small number of legitimate accounts were banned, zebleer asserts that several thousand random Call of Duty players were affected by this exploit before prominent streamers became targets.

Zebleer cited BobbyPoff, a Call of Duty streamer, as an example of an individual who was banned due to the exploit starting from October 3rd. His account was unexpectedly reinstated recently. During the bans, there was speculation and debate regarding whether BobbyPoff was cheating, even as he asserted his innocence amidst the circulation of humorous videos by some individuals.

The Call of Duty Updates account revealed that the Ricochet team is expected to release a blog post the following day, although it is unclear if the post will address this exploit. Activision has not provided an immediate response to requests for comment.

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