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Activision Giant GIANT has removed “Call of Duty: WWII” due to the exploitation of infiltrators in a specific version of the PC from the game, which led to many players hacking their computers.
Last week, Activision Declare It has brought the Microsoft Store version in a non -call mode from “Call of Duty: WWII”, which is the first shooter of 2017, as the company was investigating “reports of a problem”, without specifying the problem. The company has just launched this version of the game, also available on Game Pass, a subscription service that provides access to several games for a monthly fee.
He told a person who has knowledge of the response of Activision Techcrunch that the company took the game without connecting to the Internet due to the breakfast and while working to correct the problem. Techcrunch does not name a person because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
numerous Video game news Ports I mentioned about the story and note that numerous Players Complain on social Medium They have been hacked while playing the game. Until now, there has been no confirmed connection between the two events.
“The game is not safe to play on the computer at the present time, there is the exploitation of RCE”, referring to a kind of mistakes known as the name Implementing the remote symbolWhich allows hackers to cultivate malware capable of control mainly on the victim’s device.
Microsoft Store and Game Pass remain at the time of publication, for each Activision status page.
Activision did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
The game publisher dropped the Microsoft Store and Game Pass only from “Call of Duty: WWII” because they were different versions of the game on the list on Steam, and included an old defect that was corrected on other versions of the game, according to two sources to know the situation.
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In the past two years, Activision had to deal with many piracy accidents. In November 2024, One of the infiltrators found a defect in the Call of Duty anti -service system They were allowed to ban thousands of legal players. Earlier in the year, the company achieved a breakthrough campaign targeting the players Malosa programsA type of harmful programs designed to steal the victim’s passwords. In 2023, Crossed infiltrators used self -spreading programs – Computer Worm – to penetrate the “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” players, Thanks to an insect that is not common In the game.
Recently, some video game companies have strengthened cybersecurity teams Such as the anti -excavation difference. Activision, however, passed numerous Tours to Demobilization In the past few years, some of them directly affected the cybersecurity teams.