Almost every game deals with cheaters. Unfortunately, the problem is worse for free-to-play games. Because the game's monetization design makes it easy for banned cheaters to create new accounts and continue playing, free-to-play games often suffer from cheating the worst. This explains why, despite having reportedly already permanently banned more than 500,000 users from Call of Duty: Warzone since the game launched in March 2020, Activision is still struggling to keep cheaters out of Warzone.
Due to Warzone's prevalent cheating problem, Activision has been forced to adopt drastic measures. Case in point, its kernel-level anti-cheat system, Ricochet.
Unfortunately, weeks before Ricochet is set to release for Call of Duty: Vanguard first, it appears that hackers have already gotten their hands on it. To make matters worse, malicious individuals have already leaked the kernel-level files online for everyone to view.