Activision suits people behind the celebrated Hack Call of Duty, she said, it is so “toxic” that fans stop playing in the PC version of Black Ops 6.
The lawsuit, filed at the Central District of California and viewed by IGN, takes action against Lyrgware and Gamehook, two hacks of Call of Duty, which Activision has been trying to close for some time.
Both hacks contain a set of “toxic” functions, including functions that allow users to “kick” other players from ACTIVISION multiplayer (sometimes referred to as a “rage” fraud), and even completely resolved multiplayer servers.
Gamehook also allows players to cheat with “Aimbots”, which cause the weapon to automatically hit opponents, and “ESP bots” that identify opponents and allow players to view walls or other obstacles.
Activision called Ryan Rothholz, known online as Lerggy, as the original creator of Lyrgware in the lawsuit. Activision claimed that Rothholz from Antioch in Tennessee developed and released Leggware in 2021 or 2022 and sold it for $ 25 via his website. Then, in 2023, Rothholz allegedly updated Lyrgiware to cooperate with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Watzone. “The update meant that the” attacks “of the online player have become more frequent, which means that some users are leaving the online warning messages,” said Activision.
In response in June 2023, Activision sent a letter to Rothholz. In response, as Activision claimed, Rothholz published a letter to the online community of disagreement devoted to Lyrgiware and “openly ridiculed Activision.”
Despite this, later in June, Rothholz agreed to follow the stop and the operator, but then “he just changed his alias online and passed his source code on other video games.”
Activision accused Rothholz of creating a novel Call of Duty hacking, the above -mentioned Gamehook and recruitment of other namedly named in the lawsuit: Collin Gyetvai (“CID”), from Carbondale, Pennsylvania and Jordan Newcombe Boothey (“Bossnight55”), when stouart Act as “Resellers” Gamehook.
Activision said that Gamehook was made available in several Call of Duty games, including Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops Cold War and last year’s Black Ops 6. Gamehook cost at least USD 50 for the Call of Duty game, from 375 USD for access to the “main key” to employ all versions to employ all versions. Gamehook for all served Call of Duty games. Activision said he believes that “hundreds, if not thousands of people” bought a gamehook and used it to cheat in Call of Duty games.
“Activity is informed and believes that on this basis he claims that the accused have received significant income from their actions, to the detriment of Activision and its players’ community,” says the lawsuit.
Activision said that he gave the accused the opportunity to comply with his demands without court disputes, but “instead of engaging in Activision, everyone ignored the range of Activision, requiring this process.”
For example, in March 2025 Activision sent lists of cessation and operators to Rothholz and other accused, and although online stores were closed, none of them confirmed that they would stop creating or selling Hacks Call of Duty, and none of them gave a copy of the Gamehook source code.
Activision said he thinks Rothholz, Gyetvai and Boothey are still distributing or sold hacks Gamehook or other Call of Duty hacks via private channels or via the Gamehook Discord server.
“In addition, or alternatively, Activision has a reason to think that Rothholz, Gyetvai and Boothey intend to” change “Gamehook” again and offer Hacks Gamehook Cod or similar cod hats under a different title, using various alias online, “said the lawsuit.
“Activision tried to reach Rothholz, Gyetvai and Boothey informally, but they did not respond to the range of Activision. Therefore, Activision had no choice but to submit this process.”
Activision wants monetary damage, an order for order and other just relief and criminal damages to the accused. It was found that the damage could amount to millions of dollars.
“The accused is damaged by Activision reputation and causes the loss of a significant value of the company,” said Activision. “In fact, Gamehook was so frustrating for COD players that he drew significant attention in social media, and in information and conviction meant that players stopped playing or avoided the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.”
Call of Duty has a cheating reputation (this is associated with the territory of being such a very popular scorer and having the free battle of Royale). Cheating is more common on PC (Activision recently confirmed the same amount, to the extent that he said If you think you died unfairly at the console, it is much more likely that they have used “Intel’s advantage” than codes). So some console players go straight into the Call of Duty settings to turn off the group on the entire board, only to adopt the potential of PC fraudsters, which ruined their day from the equation. With the launch of season 3, Activision even added new options for impact only the console for a regular multi -person player, Although players on the PC who do not cheat, said they were unfairly punished.
Activision, as Ign reports, spent millions of dollars in the fight against Call of Duty Cheaters, fraud and cheaters Many of the latest loud successes. In March, Phantom overlay has announced that it is closingWith fans reacting in disbelief that such an outstanding Call of Duty supplier may fall on the margins. Also in March, Ign informed about four cheaters suppliers who were closed Before Hotly expected return of Verdansk to brewed.
This week, among the growing complaints about the fraud in brew and Black Ops 6, Activision said that they closed five more fraud producers since the last report on progress of progress (it is over 20+, since Black Ops 6) and “disturbed” over 150 cheating sellers at the same time. Activision said that he also issued a demand for cessation and operator for several companies that create and sell the equipment of other companies used to cheat in Call of Duty games, in motion widely considered to manage Cronus users.
The lawsuit section clearly shows why Activision treats Call of Duty fraud: because he knows that it can have a significant impact on its results:
Activision works very hard so that COD games offer a consistently convincing impressions of players, so that customers remain in COD games, still play in them for a lasting period of time and be excited about future editions. If players notice that the game is unfair or that experience for many players does not work correctly, including because others cheat or disturb and/or hack servers for many players, players can become frustrated with COD games, less interested in playing and supporting them (including by buying new games and objects), and even stop playing. Cheating and hacking not only harm (and can even destroy) COD players, but also affects Activision’s ability to offer fast, stable, high -quality online game, which millions of fans expected from Activision and The Cod Games.
Wesley is the British information editor IGN. Find it on Twitter on @św100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpole@ign.com or confidentially at spine@proton.me.
