Call of Duty: WWII just launched on Xbox Game Pass — and players are getting more than they bargained for. Within days of the 2017 shooter arriving on Microsoft's subscription service, reports began flooding in: hackers are using a Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploit to take over other players' PCs during live multiplayer matches.. Days later, that version of the game had to be taken offline amid reports of players getting hacked and trolled with pop up messages on their PC, which seems very, very bad.
Call of Duty WW2 a game on Microsoft Game Pass for Windows had a zero-day unpatched RCE that allowed hackers to take over the player's computer. Are old games safe?. TL;DR: Hackers can take complete control of your PC through COD: WWII multiplayer. What's happening? Players are getting their computers completely hijacked on multiplayer mid-game through something called an RCE (Remote Code Execution) exploit.