The North American finals of Apex Legends’ global series have been delayed after several players were hacked during an official match. During the third match, Noyan ‘Genburten’ Ozkose of DarkZero reported that he could see other players through the walls. He disconnected immediately from the game, and Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen of TSM was then given an aimbot, which allows players to shoot with absolute precision. Following this, officials abandoned the match and postponed the North American finals of the game.
The hackers behind this breach had chosen “Apex hacking global series by Destroyer2009 & R4ndom” as their handles. This incident compromised the competitive integrity of this particular series. The tournament has been postponed, and further details on the rescheduling will be released in the near future. There was no update on the nature of the hack that caused the players to be hacked during the tournament, or how it was placed on their laptops.
Reports suggest that the hack is caused by a “Remote Code Execution” (RCE) exploit, which can compromise any computer using an electronic arts (EA) game or software, particularly those under the protection of the EAC anti-cheat. To solve this, a security organisation called the Anti-Cheat Police Department suggested all participants in the tournament should reinstall their operating systems for both PCs and change their Discord passwords. Through this method, they suggested they should be able to remove any potential malware on their systems.
Although several lay-offs from Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment had already occurred, there was no reason found to link these redundancies to the shooting game’s increased security problems. The cause of the increased use of hacks during the official tournament remains unknown
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