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Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware | TechCrunch

> Activision said it brought the 2009-released game offline while it investigates "an issue." #gaming

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/27/hackers-are-infecting-call-of-duty-players-with-a-self-spreading-malware/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9naWdhemluZS5uZXQvbmV3cy8yMDIzMDcyOC1jYWxsLW9mLWR1dHktdGFrZW4tb2ZmbGluZS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEixyYPM6a8fUE2cd_B5GhmCzwoQauHHljojW4hjO64ksDueq2IWBgrNKQ4-n3TRwhPN2xDRb8I4hn2ckImU7THsrlc8f3XW6VNUOi_FP-CY9PWuJiB-HcRlhDgDXbkQBHHQ4V2QtKalO247Lrre6vKyzEXDhwPKuSrVrwCnyx2u

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Jul 28, 2023 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadespiritu_pJul 28, 2023
Snow Crash anyone?
Show threadgetBooleanJul 28, 2023
is this the one that had the malware patched in the fan servers they shutdown?
Show threadampersandrewJul 28, 2023
I don't think Modern Warfare 2 ever had fan servers. It's the one that infamously had a "boycott" over the lack of dedicated servers (which is different than private servers) because it was all peer to peer multiplayer.
Show threadPrinzKasperJul 28, 2023
MW2 had many iterations of fan servers. It started with alterIWnet, and ended with IW4X, which was recently shut down by Activision with a cease and desist. Fan modded versions of the game with dedicated servers and a server browser, with known security vulnerabilities like this one already patched out. Thanks to Activision, there's now no way to safely play this game anymore.
Show threadampersandrewJul 28, 2023
Oh, that's cool. Cool that the alternate networks ever existed, I mean. Not cool that they got shut down, but this is from the same people who shut down vanilla WoW to sell it back to you again.