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The developers of the malware advertised it on hacking forums as an "effective method" and as “some nice bait for your first malware project.” The hackers even published videos on YouTube that show a tutorial on how to use the malware, as well as videos promoting the malware as an "undetected cheat for COD WARZONE."Targeting Warzone gamers makes sense as it's a free game played by millions of people. There are also thousands of cheaters, who routinely get banned. In February, Activision banned more than 60,000 cheaters, and in September the company banned around 20,000 cheaters.Do you reverse engineer and develop cheats for games? Or do you work on anti-cheat engines? We’d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, lorenzofb on Wickr, OTR chat at lorenzofb@jabber.ccc.de, or email lorenzofb@vice.com