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According to a report by @ItsHapa on X, Warzone and MW3 cheaters have gained access to the game's developer tools, which allows them to ban players at their whim. The COD content creator recently shared a screenshot of a hacker gaining access to the backend tools of Ricochet, COD's anti-cheat system. They can now allegedly ban any player for various offenses they might not have committed in the first place.
Warzone and MW3 hackers have allegedly gained access to Ricochet's developer tools
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As mentioned, Warzone and MW3 cheaters have reportedly infiltrated Call of Duty's anti-cheat system. This has allegedly given them access to the developer tools and the power to ban any player, irrespective of the acts they committed in-game.
In the screenshot that @ItsHapa shared on X, a user can be seen about to issue a ban to a player for an alleged offense. With such power, cheaters can lock out others from the games for cheating, offensive text chat, offensive voice chat, text spam, and more. These can be shadowbans or permanent bans, and all the control lies in the hands of the cheater. Moreover, they have the ability to issue all of these bans 100 times over, creating an infinite ban period for the player on the receiving end.
However, it is worth noting that these reports are from third-party sources and haven't been officially confirmed by Call of Duty yet. Hence, it is highly advised to take them with a grain of salt. That said, if these reports are true, the developers must address the issue as soon as possible.
Check out our other Call of Duty articles:
CoD bans 6,000 accounts in Warzone and MW3 after the recent surge of cheaters || Warzone shadow ban check: Are you banned? || Warzone hackers are fooling Ricochet anti-cheat by using advanced cheats || Top 250 Ranked lobbies in WZ are filled with cheaters, CoD pros react || Warzone and MW3 servers face issues as Battle.net falls prey to DDoS attacks || "Why they victimizing me": WZ player gets caught by Ricochet anti-cheat and denies the accusation
