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 will
https://esports.gg/news/apex-legends/algs-hit-by-major-hacking-genburten-and-imperialhal-get-cheats/
what exactly happened? All apex players are at risk?
No official statement has been made yet, so it's unsure what exactly is going on.
It's unlikely for individual players to be targeted, if you want to make sure that you are 100% safe then it might be best not to boot up the game or to uninstall it completely. (Although that might be overkill, but again, up to you)
I'd highly recommend to read this post that clears up some misconceptions: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveApex/comments/1bhicc6/clearing_up_misconceptions_about_the_algs_hack/
Honestly, I think after this debacle, the security team is probably working overtime.
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.
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.
With the videos that show pro players being hunted down by squads of hijacked accounts (see Mande's encounter for instance) I think that the best course of action is either to uninstall Apex or not to start it up at all. While the likelihood of being specifically targeted and having your system compromised might be low, there's always a possibility that your Apex account might be hacked and recruited into the "bot army". If that happens, given the difficulties we have seen of people appealing false bans and account hijacking, it might be a goodbye to your account.
Better safe than sorry for the time being. There are plenty of other games to play.
So, in an ALGs tournament yesterday/today, some of the pro players got hacked mid-game, where they suddenly had aimbot. As far as anyone knows, none of them installed the cheats themselves, as it was a remote hack. HYPERMYST had also advise no one should play Apex right now until EA/Respawn can resolve this issue.
Below is the Apex Esports Twitter posting about how the ALGs is postponed due to this issue.
https://twitter.com/PlayApexEsports/status/1769527345176621110
This is honestly unfortunate, and I hope the season gets extended or something to make up for the time lost. I for one won't be on the game as much, if it means that at any moment I would have to ALT+F4 a ranked match due to a remote hack.
Granted, it should be unlikely to happen to players in pubs, and to those in lower ranks, but honestly if one cheater can remote hack the game, who to say that multiple cheaters can't remote hack the game? Not to mention that since everyone tends to be different, while one might be out to ruin the ALGs, another might be out to ruin other modes in general. Its just not worth getting banned due to someone forcing us to use cheats.
@SunlessMeridian wrote:If that happens, given the difficulties we have seen of people appealing false bans and account hijacking, it might be a goodbye to your account.
This is one of the most abysmal things.
EA really need to fix up on this. Completely unfair on players who have invested time and money into the title.
In fact it's despicable.
EA should easily be able to identify this and make whatever ammendments necessary to return the account to the player in its original state pre-hack.
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...
