A Call of Duty cheat provider has announced that it is permanently shutting down while making a striking allegation against Activision. The group behind Imperium and Dronix claims Activision targeted its infrastructure with a massive server attack while attempting to obtain information tied to active cheat licenses. The accusation has not been independently verified, and Activision has not publicly confirmed the provider’s version of events.
In brief:
- Imperium and Dronix have reportedly shut down permanently.
- The provider claims its servers received nearly 400 million malicious requests.
- It alleges the attack targeted authentication systems and active cheat license information.
- The shutdown comes as Call of Duty ramps up hardware bans against cheaters.
According to a shutdown notice shared by Call of Duty content creator ItsHapa, Imperium says the alleged attack began on August 5, 2026, alongside a major server crash. The provider claims its API endpoints were targeted through reverse engineering, with the supposed objective of disrupting authentication and attempting to extract information connected to active licenses.
Imperium claims its servers received 398.17 million requests, with Cloudflare allegedly blocking around 398.15 million of them. The group further claims the activity completely stopped on August 6, around two hours after a Call of Duty ban wave.
These figures and the attribution to Activision currently come from the cheat provider itself, so they should be treated as allegations rather than confirmed facts.
Could Activision Be Trying to Identify Individual Cheaters?
The timing is particularly interesting because Team RICOCHET recently announced that more than 70,000 systems associated with cheating had been blocked across Black Ops 7 and Warzone in a single week. Activision’s current enforcement policy also allows hardware bans that prevent flagged devices from accessing supported Call of Duty games.
However, there is currently no evidence that Activision plans to sue ordinary players simply because their information may have appeared in a cheat provider’s customer database.
Activision does have a history of taking cheat businesses to court. In 2024, the company secured a roughly $14.5 million judgment against EngineOwning and associated defendants, along with a permanent injunction targeting its Call of Duty cheat operation.
