Activision has stated that it has 'disabled a workaround to a detection system' in Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone that led to legitimate players being banned by the Ricochet anti-cheat system. Although the company claimed it impacted a 'small number of legitimate player accounts,' many have raised concerns over the extent of the issue, with claims that 'several thousand random COD players were banned' due to this exploit before it targeted notable streamers.
The Phantom Overlay store operator, zebleer, detailed that the Ricochet anti-cheat system mistakenly flagged players based on the presence of a plaintext string related to cheat software. Players could potentially be banned for receiving a friend request with phrases like 'Nice Trigger Bot dude!' since it was scanned during the game's memory check. This flaw has sparked intense debates surrounding bans among both players and streamers.
After Activision claimed only a small number of accounts were affected, zebleer highlighted that 'for quite some time' the exploit allowed users to permanently ban others by simply interacting through in-game communications. One streamer's ban, BobbyPoff, underscored the release of this exploit to target high-profile accounts, leading to speculation and potential harm to reputations within the community before many accounts were unbanned.
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