Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players will need to make the most of Ranked Play, as both modes are set to go offline on October 17. With the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 fast approaching, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 's final season is coming to an end,

A game cheat seller says it was possible to target players and streamers for bans simply by putting the phrase ‘trigger bot’ into game chat.

Online shooters can get contentious, so it’s no surprise that they’re filled with cheaters and regular players whose behaviors get them banned. But some hackers were able to exploit Call of Duty‘s automated anti-cheating system to get innocent players banned,

The fixing of the exploit could lead to cheaters potentially being unbanned alongside falsely banned players.

Activision says it has "disabled a workaround" to a cheat detection system in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone that was incorrectly targeting some "legitimate" players. In a message posted to X/Twitter, Activision said it had now conducted "an examination of [its] systems" and "restored all accounts" that were impacted.