Apex Legends final postponed after players hacked mid-tournament
During an Apex Legends esports tournament, players were hacked in real time and cheats were injected into their games, forcing the final to be postponed. The person who claimed responsibility for the hack said it was done for fun. The person later claimed the developer had fixed the vulnerability used to attack streamers.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Tournament players hacked and final postponed
- Cause / method
- Hack that injected cheats into players' games mid-match
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It came to light that the Apex Legends final had been postponed after players were hacked during the tournament.
- The person who claimed responsibility said they had hacked the tournament matches for fun.
- The person who claimed responsibility asserted that the developer had fixed the vulnerability used in the attack.
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