Cheaters summoned Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta, as Activision says

this Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta Now it's alive, and as Activision expected, cheaters have dropped.

Earlier this week Activision says it's clear that cheaters will hit Betaas they had Call of Duty Beta before, but welcomed the upcoming slam.

“Checkers will try to test the restrictions during Beta,” Activision said. “That's exactly what we want because #teamricochet is here, when watching, learning and deleting them. Any account that permanently bans cheating during Beta will be banned in all Call of Duty titles, from Modern Warfare: Modern Warfare to Future Versions.”

Activision highlights its new Aimbot detection, which it says is “one of the most powerful detection systems we have built” and its new wall-based hacking detection, “has become even more difficult for cheaters who manipulate the game and have trouble escaping the detection.”

But, a rough browsing of social media shows many clips that reveal clips of enjoying the cheater in Black Ops 7 Beta.

Black Ops 7 Beta 🤦‍♂️ There have been cheaters in the first few hours pic.twitter.com/ok6hp6c4ki

– Modern Warzone (@modernwarzone) October 2, 2025

Black Ops Day 1 Cheater 7 Beta LMFAO! ! ! pic.twitter.com/kkkw55vzao

-Nicari🤍 (@nicari) October 2, 2025

according to Official Call of Duty Update X/Twitter Accountmany accounts are displayed using hacks in clips, as the above clips have been banned. Of course, it is hoped that the data collected during this beta will help reduce Black Ops 7's cheating when it was released in November. But publishers like Activision face a tough battle in cheating. Indeed, EA faces the same problem in its competitors' shooter battlefield 6. His open beta also saw cheaters.

As part of the Cheater War, publishers began to force PC gamers to enable TPM 2.0 and protect boots for gaming. EA did the job with Battlefield 6, and Activision did it for Call of Duty. Will definitely follow more.

These features block modified hardware and unauthorized software with the goal of creating a fair, safe environment for all players, even as cheaters keep working hard. However, waiting on the wings on the battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7 is still to be seen.

For now, though, some Call of Duty console players are doing what they have been doing when they are doing new games: to avoid the price of a PC player to turn off cross-games. Cheating is more common on PCs (Active has confirmed so much recently that If you think you've died unfairly against the console player, they're more likely to use “Intel Advantages” than cheating). So some console players go straight into Call of Duty settings to turn off the cross-game of the entire table, just to make PC scammers ruin their day. Earlier this year, Activision added a new console-only cross-game option for regular multiplayer games, Although PC players who don't cheat say they're punished unfairly.

If you want to jump into Beta while live, we have a guide How to enter BO7 early access to Beta,add How to enable safe boot for BO7 If you are on a PC. We also have all the details BO7 unlocks weaponsand bo7 twitching and falling You can do it.

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