US EditionCall of Duty: WWII Xbox PC Version Hauled Offline Amid Security Concerns
- Activision released the 2017 game Call of Duty: WWII on Xbox PC Game Pass on June 30, 2025, and removed it from PC platforms shortly after.
- The removal followed discovery of a Remote Code Execution vulnerability that allowed hackers to take control of players' PCs during live matches.
- Multiple users posted viral clips on social media showing their computers being hacked through the game's peer-to-peer matchmaking system, prompting Activision and Microsoft to act.
- MalwareBytes researcher Pieter Arntz noted that this long-standing security flaw impacts older Call of Duty games, which transition their gameplay infrastructure away from centralized servers toward player-hosted connections as the titles become outdated.
- Activision has not shared detailed progress yet but is likely developing a fix, while recommending that players steer clear of the PC Game Pass edition until the security vulnerability is addressed.
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Since June 30, the video game Call of Duty: WW2 is part of the Game Pass catalog for consoles and computers with Windows operating system. This inclusion generated an increase in the number of players, but also attracted the attention of cybercriminals.Experts in digital security, such as Cloudfare and CheckPoint, warned about a critical vulnerability that affects the PC version. This allows attackers to perform remote code executions (RCE), a t…
Call of Duty takes PC game offline after multiple reports of RCE attacks on players
The makers of Call of Duty: World War 2 took the PC version of the game offline over the weekend amid widespread reports online that a remote code execution vulnerability was being used to take over victim computers during live multiplayer matches. On June 30, the 2017 game was released through Xbox’s GamePass service. On July 5, the X account for game updates announced that the version of the 2017 game for personal computers would be removed fr…
Call of Duty: WWII Xbox PC Version Hauled Offline Amid Security Concerns
Activision has pulled Call of Duty: WWII on Xbox PC offline just days after it was added to Game Pass, amid reports of hacking via Remote Code Execution (RCE).This isn't about PC players cheating in-game via wall hacks and aim bots. Rather this is about unsuspecting Game Pass players losing control of their PCs through a security exploit.According to Cloudflare, a remote code execution (RCE) attack is where an attacker runs malicious code on an …
Call Of Duty: WW2 pulled offline amid hacking claims after it starts messing with PCs and citing random lawyers
If you had been planning to play Call Of Duty: WW2 - an FPS widely agreed by critics to be among the games released in 2017 - maybe do not do that, for the moment, because certain versions of Call Of Duty: WW2 may randomly show you pornography, send you insulting notepad messages and, at worst, fill your computer with ransomware.
Call of Duty: WWII Pulled from PC Game Pass After Major Exploit Concerns
Summary: Activision removed Call of Duty: WWII from PC Game Pass due to a major security issue that jeopardized the security of PC players’ computers. Gamers reported that their devices had been unauthorized, showing how bad the breach was. Reports of the breach started to come out shortly after PC Game Pass subscribers gained access to the game. Jumping into Call of Duty: WWII through PC Game Pass might sound like an easy plan, but it wasn’t. …
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