apex legend North American finals of Global Series championship postponed over hacking fears Damage to “competitive integrity” Game. On Sunday, two professional players from major teams were attacked while streaming, which forced the application of cheats that granted advantages during competitive gameplay.
The cause of these attacks has not been officially confirmed, leading to speculation that the hackers may have used pinnacle legendof Anti-cheat protection.Exchange posted by a Fraud monitoring account in X claims Attackers discovered an RCE (remote code execution) vulnerability that allowed them to run their code directly on players’ computers.
Two posts from accounts claiming to represent Epic Online Services and Easily anti-cheating “…We are confident that there is no exploited RCE vulnerability in EAC,” tweeted.
Late Tuesday night, more than two days after the incident, Respawn’s account on Tweet A message confirmed that “some” pro accounts were hacked during the event and that “our team has deployed the first in a series of layered updates to protect the Apex Legends player community and create a safe experience for everyone. “
There were no details on whether players’ computers might have been hacked, nor was there any information on mitigating attacks on systems or accounts. Apex Legends esports account Also said it in the post“We are still actively working with our partners at EA and Respawn and remain committed to ensuring the safety and competitive integrity of the Apex Legends tournament. At this time, we do not anticipate any changes to the first phase of the playoffs. We will soon Share more information about the Challenger Tour and the North American Regional Finals.”
A Twitch clip from DarkZero’s Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose shows the Aimbot software’s UI appearing on his screen while a message “Destroyer2009 & R4ndom’s Apex Hack Global Series” begins spamming the chat repeatedly. “I’ve been hacked,” Genbleten said, raising his hands to show he was out of control. Genbleten noticed that he could see other players through the walls and immediately abandoned the game.
Phillip “ImperialHal” Instructor, TSM also targeted, administrators shut down the game lobby after the player realized aimbots had been applied to his account.While little is known about “R4ndom,” one of two aliases mentioned during the Genburten hack, “Destroyer2009” is recognized for previous suspicious activity targeting apex legend players like Empire Room and Mander.
Updated March 18 at 10:14 pm ET: Added tweet from Epic/Easy Anti-Cheat.
Updated March 20, 12:26 pm ET: Added information from Respawn/Apex Legends Esports.