{"id":32395,"date":"2023-08-02T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/report-malware-brings-original-modern-warfare-2-on-steam-offline-update-its-back\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:47:40","slug":"report-malware-brings-original-modern-warfare-2-on-steam-offline-update-its-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/report-malware-brings-original-modern-warfare-2-on-steam-offline-update-its-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Malware Brings Original Modern Warfare 2 On Steam Offline [Update: It&#8217;s Back]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>After a recent spike in interest as old servers were brought back online on Xbox, <em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II<\/em> was taken offline earlier this week on PC over reports of malicious hacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/27\/hackers-are-infecting-call-of-duty-players-with-a-self-spreading-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to<em> Techcrunch<\/em><\/a>, players were getting attacked in the 2009 game via \u201chacked lobbies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/call-duty-modern-warfare-2-steam-hacker-xbox-malware-1850685788\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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