Call of Duty: WWII PC players hacked, service suspended
PC players of Call of Duty: WWII were hacked while running the game through exploitation of a remote code execution vulnerability. Activision temporarily suspended the PC version following the attacks.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- PC players hacked and game service temporarily suspended
- Cause / method
- Exploitation of a remote code execution vulnerability
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- It was reported that players of Call of Duty: WWII, released on Xbox Game Pass, had been hacked via a remote code execution vulnerability.
- It was reported that the game service had been taken offline after players were hacked.
- It was confirmed that the PC version had been temporarily suspended.
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