Security News > 2024 > March > Apex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks
Electronic Arts has postponed the North American finals of the ongoing Apex Legends Global Series after hackers compromised players mid-match during the tournament.
The hack resulted in the player being able to see the positions of all other players on the map, giving him an unfair competitive advantage.
The hacks were believed to have been conducted by hackers using the aliases 'Destroyer2009' and 'R4ndom,' whose names were shown in Genburten's chat window as the hack was activated.
Numerous theories exist about how the ALGS hacks were conducted, including an RCE bug in the Apex Legends game client, a bug in Easy Anti-Cheat, or the players' devices being already compromised before the matches.
The game's developers have not yet confirmed anything, so it is unknown if the impacted players were compromised earlier or hacked on the fly during the matches.
However the hacks happened, this is an unprecedented occurrence in ALGS history, as there has never been a case of players hacked mid-match, causing the suspension of a tournament.