Cheating in any video game like Apex Legeds is ugly and unsportsmanlike. That these traps appear during your game and without prior warning is also very worrying. EA Sports has decided to postpone the finals of the Apex Legends Global Series given that at least two of the participants have been hacked during the course of a game. But the most particular thing is that those responsible for the anti-cheat system wash your hands.
Let’s put ourselves in a situation: in view of the finals that will be held in North America, the participating players Noyan Ozkose (Born) y Phillip Lecturer (ImperialHal) decided to play some games of Apex Legends live on Twitch. In the case of Ozkose, in the middle of the round he found that he had the exact location of all of his rivals right under his nose.
His reaction to the surprise: move his character aside, quickly raise both hands, separate them from the mouse and keyboard and, as you can see below, disconnect from the game in progress stating in front of the spectators that was being hacked live.
EA and the eSports division of Apex Legends they reacted They faced what happened and came to an immediate conclusion: under these circumstances the Apex Legends Global Series could not be held. Not only for the 5 million dollars in prizesbut because the game itself had been compromised and, by extension, the entire event.
“Because the competitive integrity of this series is compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the NA Finals at this time. We will share more information soon.”
Which brings us to the big question: how could this happen? Naturally, the first thing is to check the anti-cheat system that Respawn uses in Apex Legends. In this case it is provided by Easy Anti-Cheat, who are also in games like Dead By Daylight, Dragon Ball FighterZ or Fortnite according to are the web
“We have investigated recent reports of a potential RCE issue in Easy Anti-Cheat. At this time, we are confident that no RCE vulnerability is being exploited within EAC. We will continue to work closely with our partners for any necessary follow-up support. “
On the other hand, the problem has escalated to Epic Games, who have also investigated the incident and they come to the conclusion that this hack is external to the Easy Anti-Cheat protection system. Another thing is to know the origin of the problem.
“We have investigated recent reports of a possible RCE issue in Apex Legends, and confirmed that it is not related to Easy Anti-Cheat. We are confident that there IS NO RCE vulnerability within Easy Anti-Cheat.”
If the anti-cheat company says its technology works and Epic puts its hand in the fire for it, how could this happen? Until the EA itself detects and explains the problem, the most widespread theory is the shared one by Tom Warren from The Verge and is based on an exploit of the Source engine (developed by Valve). In any case, Warren himself recommends not opening Apex Legends on PC until it is clear what is happening.
Apex Legends It is one of the key sagas of the current Electronic Arts and also one of the most popular games on the Steam platform. Cheating in a Battle Royale game or any competitive shooter is something that is more or less the order of the day. However, it is clear that what happened is much more than an irregularity. In any case, as soon as we know the origin of the problem we will update the text with the details and official causes.
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