Cheats, as Call of Duty: Warzone players know, are very common. The hacks are so advanced that they’re able to circumvent Activision’s anti-cheating efforts, and they’re so profitable that even after being banned cheaters can return to Call of Duty: Warzone with relative ease.
But as hacks get more sophisticated, cheaters from Call of Duty: Warzone they are also being forced to relinquish more and more control of their PCs. Not surprisingly, there are new accusations that hack creators are stealing from their customers.
The leaked Discord messages from the hack provider of Call of Duty: Warzone they reveal that some customers believe that the “company” is stealing from them. Specifically, the accusations are that the hackers of Cobalt are stealing Bitcoin.
In addition, Cobalt is accused of using its clients’ PCs to mine Bitcoin without their permission. The Discord message warns users to avoid Cobalt’s cheat installations and says that $900 has been stolen from them in a single day.
The evidence included in the screenshots is admittedly scant. An image shows a Discord conversation between two anonymous people who claim to be investigating how hackers are using your PCs to mine Bitcoinclaiming that the creators of the hacks were creating fake folders with the names “Nvidia” and “AMD” to hide the mining software.
The second image shows an antivirus application flagging what appears to be Cobalt cheat software for employing cryptocurrency mining software. In response to the accusations, the creators of the hack released a statement denying everything, saying “If anyone is able to CONCRETELY prove that Cobalt is a RAT […] I will personally shut down Cobalt and provide $20,000 to the person who proves it.”
RAT, in this case, refers to Remote Access Trojans. If Cobalt were a RAT, it could remotely access a hack client’s PC and steal Bitcoin or install mining software without the client’s knowledge.
The veracity of the accusations is probably impossible to determine given the nature of these hacks for Call of Duty: Warzone. Since the creators of hacks are not exactly very ethical.
In addition, there is the added factor that it is a very competitive and lucrative hack market, which would reward one service for the downfall of another. There is also the fact that Activision itself would benefit from creating an environment of mistrust around these cheaters.