Cheating in Call of Duty has always been a risky business, but it’s gotten especially dicey in late February. 

A recent update from the official CoD X account by Activision stated that the game’s anti-cheat team has noticed a surge in cheating within the community. This led to over 6,000 accounts being banned in just four days.

According to the post, the developers are currently testing additional security updates. They’ve already rolled out one that disabled certain game code cheaters were exploiting to gain unfair advantages, such as super speed. The update also addresses claims from some cheat developers who said that Ricochet, Call of Duty’s anti-cheat system, was offline over the weekend.

Activision clarified that only a “single telemetry system” had been temporarily taken offline. The over 6,000 suspended accounts occurred between February 16 and February 20.

Earlier in 2024, the official CoD X account mentioned that Ricochet would simply shut down the game client if it detects aim assist cheats like aimbots. Before that, Activision announced that the CoD team is experimenting with machine learning tools to better detect cheaters. They also introduced a new anti-cheat measure to Warzone called “splat,” where cheaters lose their parachutes and automatically crash to the ground during the battle royale mode’s opening stages.

In other Call of Duty news, Activision recently lowered the price of what would’ve been the most expensive bundle in the game’s history, citing it as an error.