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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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.
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?
- @HappyHourSumwur No one has confirmed it was rce. At this point its all speculation.
In any case, NOT a good day PR wise for both Apex and EAC (neither a good day for the devs ofc). Even if EAC detected something, not all bans are executed immediately. Or, IF it's an RCE vulnerability, the cheat code might've spawned within/emerged from the game process which isn't the usual scenario EAC is trying to detect and/or counteract.
My concern is that they will either not publicly address this, or if they do... they will not be honest and upfront about what is going on, so as the entire player base doesn't stop playing - spending.
Is it far fetched for me to feel EA/Respawn will not be honest if it means profit drops as hard as they can hit?
..... depending the outcome of an investigation of course.
Doesn't matter if this was RCE, server side, or rootkit on compromised PCs. Destroyer showed he can do both. Month ago he has sent 30+ bots after HisWattson etc.(so server side), now he rootkited (guessing) ALGS's PCs.
Remember when Titanfall servers got hacked? Fixing took so long that hardly anyone returned leading to the game dying.
So be careful what you wish for in terms of EA addressing the situation or taking action 😉
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-titanfall-2-devs-have-quietly-fixed-the-beloved-fps-and-fans-are-convinced-that-its-the-start-of-something-bigger/
