Security News > 2021 > March > Pair of Apex Legends Players Banned for DDoS Server Attacks
Two high-ranked Apex Legends players have been banned from the platform for cheating by launching distributed denial-of-service attacks on an Xbox server.
Top ranked 'Apex Legends' players banned over DDoS attack on Xbox.
The now-removed videos showed the top-ranking players get knocked down, then the game lost connectivity.
When the honest players were able to rejoin, they were the ones knocked down and the offending ranked players were instead standing over them.
Cyberattacks against gaming aren't anything new, but the stakes are higher than ever, which is driving innovation in gaming the games.
"So long as games are played online, attempts at cheating will continue, and include all of the classic ways a traditional web application may be attacked - including exploiting weakness in client-side code, server-side injection, and yes even DDoS attacks against other players or infrastructure," Wade told Threatpost.
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https://threatpost.com/apex-legends-players-banned-ddos-server-attacks/165085/
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