ALGS regional finals suspended due to hacking
I'm actually laughing a little because regular gamers have been complaining about cheaters for years and nothing has been done about it. If this doesn't light a fire under EA and Respawn, nothing wi...
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PSA: There is currently an RCE exploit being abused in Apex. It is unsure whether it comes from the game or the actual anti-cheat
I would advise against playing any games protected by EAC or any EA titles once they have fixed this or can comment. Currently, the RCE is being abused to inject cheats into streamers machines, which means they have the capabilities to do whatever, like installing ransomware software locking up your entire PC.
UPDATE: EAC claims no vulnerability on their end. This post also is non-existent on the general forum landing page despite activity.
Analyzed by: https://twitter.com/AntiCheatPD/status/1769532511057584576
Seen here live in ALGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhW3OcrWfyY&t
Keep in mind that the fact of this being RCE is still unconfirmed, some other causes are still possible.
Assuming it's RCE, it's unlikely for individual players to be targeted out of many million players, so personally I wouldn't worry too much, but it doesn't hurt to not play the game or to uninstall it.
I'd highly recommend to read this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveApex/comments/1bhicc6/clearing_up_misconceptions_about_the_algs_hack/
It does clear up some misconceptions, whilst not confirming nor denying the fact that there is a possible RCE Exploit, it does give some more insight.
For now, wouldn't hurt to play safe, but it's important to note that information regarding this situation remains unconfirmed and that an official statement is yet to be made.
- @XHelperZ With the current EA's policy about being silent about anything regarding cheating, we will never know what has happened.
I doubt they're going to stay silent about this issue, at least not until they've got it under control.
Usually rules about being silent regarding anything security for companies is to practice security through obscurity.
Though this issue has grown quite large, as it has affected ALGS, and is seeding panic throughout the community as an RCE Vuln can be quite the issue.
They should issue a statement at a proper time, to clear up misconceptions and to calm the community down, though as with any communication strategy, it's usually not best to issue any statements too early.
If they don't issue a statement then that would be quite problematic, so I think they will do it, but it'll probably take a while.
Advising that people may not be hacked, is putting a company above people and providing false counsel to folks, it's like advising people to continue smoking because they might not get lung cancer.
If the story around this hack is true then EA has got a big problem to fix.If a hacker can remotely access my computer through Apex then I for one will not be playing.This can have very serious consequences...
It was RCE so the hacker was able to access Gen and Hal's PCs remotely and either install & run cheats or run cheats already there. Either way, EAC didn't detect anything and the wall hacks were broadcast for everyone to see. Hal was the one who said he thought he'd had aim bot installed on his machine when they suspended the match.
When will the regional finals be resumed?
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