The new Call of Duty anti-cheat software appears to have leaked, granting cheat makers wishing to circumvent the program a notable advantage just a day after it was announced.

On Twitter, user AntiCheatPD, who attempts to gather information in an attempt to disrupt cheat makers, posted a link to a forum in which one user appears to have shared the drivers for the new Call of Duty Ricochet anti-cheat system.

That's likely to spell bad news for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone players, as well as Activision itself.

Ricochet, which Activision unveiled earlier this week, is a 'kernel-level' anti-cheat system, which means it requires access to a wider array of files to monitor for cheats.

That level of access has made kernel-level anti-cheat a little unpopular, but Ricochet will only be active while Call of Duty is open, and it's worth noting that a number of major multiplayer titles, from Valorant to Fall Guys, employ similar software. .

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