Javelin Anticheat Stopped 333K Cheat Attempts in March
Match Infection Rate across March 2026, daily values Javelin Anticheat blocked 333,832 cheat or tampering attempts in March, per the monthly transparency post. The Match Infection Rate — share of matches touched by a suspected cheater — sat between 2.30% and 3.27% across the month, climbing toward Season 3 as cheat-dev activity ramped up. Javelin is now tracking 226 cheat-related programs, 96% of which report broken features or downtime.
"During this time, our Anticheat teams also similarly shift focus from emptying our stores of new detections back into building them up, resulting in a fairly stable period for players." — Battlefield 6 Anticheat team
The team explained that the seasonal transition typically sees both more cheat activity and a shift in Anticheat strategy — fewer new detections deployed during the run-up to a season, more saved for a coordinated release once the new content lands. Daily MIR ended the month higher than it started, reflecting that ramp.
Month low: 2.30% (March 25)
Month high: 3.27% (March 30)
Start of March: 2.53%; start of April: 2.97%
Cheat attempts blocked by Javelin : 333,832
Cheat programs and communities tracked : 226, of which 217 (96.01%) report feature failures, takedowns, or downtime