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Online shooters can get contentious, so it’s no surprise that they’re filled with cheaters and regular players whose behaviors get them banned. But some hackers were able to exploit Call of Duty‘s automated anti-cheating system to get innocent players banned, simply by sending them one line of text in a direct message. That’s right, a single message from a stranger would get your account permanently disabled. The Verge reports that hackers who sold cheats for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone bragged of their exploit on Twitter. The Ricochet anti-cheat system apparentl…

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