Security News > 2024 > March > Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament

Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.

In the early hours of Monday morning, two professional Apex Legends players competing in two separate matches were forcibly given cheats on their accounts - events that have seen the tournament temporarily shut down.

The community suspects that the attacker responsible for the intrusion exploited an unpatched remote code execution vulnerability in the Apex Legends game.

The community has been debating whether it could be in the Apex Legends game client itself or in the game's built-in anti-cheat mechanism.

"Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the NA finals at this time. We will share more information soon," Xeeted the Apex Legends Esports account.

Using illegal cheats has long been on the radar of video game professionals and made security shop Trend Micro's top three concerns for pro players back in 2019, alongside ransomware and information stealers.

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