Hackers attack Apex Legends players in live tournament
Accusations of cheating or “hax” tend to be flung around a lot in online shooter games. But for two high-level competitors in the Apex Legends battle royal, the cheating was both indisputable…and apparently completely unwanted. Evidence of multiple hacking attacks on players during a live-streamed tournament has the community reeling.
According to a report from PCGamer, the Apex Legends Global Series experienced hacking attacks while two players were in the middle of their games and streaming live to viewers. Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose suddenly saw other players through walls, AKA a wallhack, and Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen found that he was using an auto-aim assist or “aimbot” without warning. Both players immediately recognized that something was wrong and stopped their respective matches.
Though Twitch chat logs indicate specific hackers taking credit for the attack, exactly what happened isn’t clear. Unaffiliated investigators using the Anti-Cheat Police Department Twitter account claim that it’s an example of remote code execution (RCE). That would mean that either the Apex Legends system, individual players’ PCs, or the popular Easy Anti-Cheat service is compromised.
