Activision Shuts Down 20+ Call of Duty Cheat Providers in Latest Ban Wave
- Sahil Mankar
- 14 hours ago
- 2 min read
Activision has announced another successful effort against cheaters in Call of Duty, shutting down a returning cheat provider and banning its customers.
This is part of an ongoing campaign by their anti-cheat team, known as Team RICOCHET, to maintain fair gameplay in their popular titles.
"Earlier this week, we detected a cheat vendor that was offline was attempting to return. Today, we shut them down (again) by issuing a large-scale ban wave against their customers," Team RICOCHET stated in a recent announcement.
The team proudly noted they've taken down over 20 cheat makers since the launch of Black Ops 6 in late 2024. "We will continue to pursue those who work to compromise the integrity of Call of Duty," they added.
This latest effort is part of a broader strategy that has resulted in more than 228,000 player bans since Black Ops 6's release. The company uses RICOCHET Anti-Cheat, a sophisticated system that includes a kernel-level driver designed to monitor unauthorized processes on PC systems.
While Activision doesn't provide names of cheat providers, last month, reports from Windows Central stated that several cheat providers received a cease-and-desist letter before Season 3 of Black Ops 6.
In response, several cheat providers like GCAIMX, Suave, ZZ's, MoneyMan, and SoloQ Services were forced to close operations. Each of these providers had been offering various cheats such as aimbots, hitbox detection tools, and game unlocks for titles including Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops 6, and Warzone.
Earlier this year, Activision made adjustments to Season 2's content plan specifically to allow developers Treyarch and Raven Software to work on gameplay improvements after Season 1 suffered from anti-cheat implementation problems.
As a temporary solution to protect console players from PC cheaters, Activision enabled an option for console users to opt out of crossplay with PC players. However, this didn't address the experience of legitimate PC players who still encountered cheaters in their matches.
By targeting cheat providers directly, Activision hopes to create a better gaming experience especially for their competitive Ranked Play modes where cheating has been particularly problematic.