Javelin Anticheat Blocked 385K Cheat Attempts in January
Match Infection Rate across January 2026, daily values Javelin Anticheat blocked 384,918 cheat or tampering attempts across Battlefield 6 in January. Match Infection Rate climbed from 2.38% at the start of the month to 3.60% by January 31. Javelin is tracking 224 cheat-related programs, 95% reporting feature failures, takedowns, or going fully offline.
The MIR drift up through the month was driven by Stealth-class cheats — easier to evade detection. EA's response was a January 26 ban-acceleration push that bit through the holdouts.
Month start : 2.38%
Month end : 3.60% (January 31)
Cheat attempts blocked by Javelin : 384,918
Cheat programs and communities tracked : 224, of which 212 (94.64%) report failures, takedowns, or downtime
Targeted action : 6 Stealth-class cheats and a new ban-acceleration method deployed January 26