A hacker says they've got "thousands upon thousands" of innocent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players banned using an exploit in the game's Ricochet anti-cheat system that's since been resolved.

Last month, Activision posted that they'd "identified and disabled a workaround" within their automated anti-cheat tool, Ricochet. The language of the post is purposefully vague about what actually happened,

Call of Duty owner Activision has been fairly open about its mitigation strategies to lessen the number of cheaters in the game using its Ricochet anti-cheat software, which a hacker reportedly says they used an exploit with to get legitimate players banned from the game.

Treyarch Studios says sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are up 60% on PlayStation and Steam when compared to 2023's Modern Warfare 3. Modern Warfare 3 received some largely negative reviews from players and critics for its short and lackluster campaign.

Black Ops 6 player makes a remarkable discovery that prompts others to check in on their Modern Warfare 3 Battle Pass progress.

Black Ops 6 has outperformed both Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 on Steam, with data from player tracking website SteamDB showing the Call of Duty app saw a peak concurrent player count of 306,