Hackers Ruining Warzone Or Do You Just Suck?

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4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve played video games online, it’s happened to you. You’re holding it down in the warzone, helping your squad score a dub when suddenly your head explodes and there’s no way anyone on the enemy team could have known where you were let alone make the shot that killed you.

Do you just suck or could it be … a hacker?

Claiming a hacker killed you instead of taking the L with dignity is a time honored tradition in gaming. But in a lot of online shooters and Call of Duty in particular, hacking has become ubiquitous. The issue is so prevalent that Activision literally can’t remove them from the game fast enough and the people selling the hacks are running out of stock.

Here to walk us through the dark side of Call of Duty is Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox.

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0:00.0	TAM! It's got the code it's going to launch!
0:09.0	It's a Unix system.
0:13.0	I know this.
0:15.0	It's all the files of the whole park. It tells her everything.
0:19.0	Sir, he's uploading the virus.
0:21.8	Eagle won.
0:22.6	The package is being delivered.
0:25.2	If you've played video games online, it's happened to you.
0:28.8	You're holding it down in the war zone, helping your squad score a dub, when suddenly your head explodes.
0:33.4	And there's no way anyone on the enemy team could have known where you were, let alone make the shot that killed you.
0:39.9	Do you just suck?
0:42.2	Or could it be a hacker?
0:45.1	Two aimbotties against a team of four on the roof.
0:47.6	Who's going to win?
0:48.2	Team of three.
0:50.8	Yo!
0:51.8	Can you sign him through the floor?
0:59.0	Bro, I didn't even think you could do that! Claiming a hacker killed you instead of taking the L with dignity is a time-honored tradition in gaming.
1:05.0	But, in a lot of online shooters, Call of Duty in particular, hacking has become ubiquitous.
1:10.0	The issue is so prevalent that Activision literally can't remove hackers from the game and Call of Duty in particular, hacking has become ubiquitous.
1:15.8	The issue is so prevalent that Activision literally can't remove hackers from the game fast enough,
1:19.2	and the people selling the hacks are running out of stock.
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