Call of Duty, one of the most popular first-person shooter (FPS) game series in the world, has been the subject of our news for the last year with more Microsoft-Activision purchase agreements and Sony’s opposition to this agreement, but the other day, it came to the fore with a development that concerns more players. came. The malware, which appeared on the servers of an old CoD game, spread rapidly.
In the incident, which Activision spokesman Neil Wood also confirmed with a tweet he shared, a malware defined as “worm” was introduced into the game using a vulnerability in the online servers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 published in 2009. Like all worms, this software was also copying itself and infecting other players’ computers.
Unknown if servers will be reopened
Activision shut down the online servers after the issue erupted. Although Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a 14-year-old game, it has a small but active online player base. Therefore, it is possible that the malware in question infected thousands of players before Activision shut down the servers.
By the way, let’s mention that the servers were shut down about 3 days ago. Activision did not report when the servers would be reactivated or even if they would be active. The company may also choose to close the game completely instead of fixing it according to the size of the problem.
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