ALGS regional finals suspended due to hacking

with all this "hacking" going on and people apparently being compromised with their systems and EA's defense against these type of attacks, many people are saying don't play the game till this is resolved...

what the heck is going on...can we play or not...should we play?

EA has said nothing so I’d say no it’s not safe if it was they would probably say hey it’s safe too play cause they want people playing there game so I’m assuming Ea is very compromised 

Since there is no official statement it is very likely that ea and respawn don't exactly know what is going on. Maybe there is nothing to worry about for normal users, or maybe everyone is in danger.

It is possible that different hacker groups also trying to find the same exploit because having access to executing code on 300k users is pretty valuable. For example you can turn everyone into coin miners or a botnet. Or you can just infect every user with a simple worm then sell it to different groups.

The destroyer guy was just having fun but things can get ugly pretty fast if other people also get access to same power.

You Are nobody so you Are okay. He targets Big streamers

@Zero_KupoIf Gen didn't leave the match once he became aware that he had remote cheats enabled, then I would say he should be perma banned too, as he would be considered cheating by using the cheats.

With that being said, Hal DID do something wrong. If he only shot at the players near the bridge, went "that's not right", and then notified the admins while leaving the match, I would of agree that he "didn't do anything wrong". But he didn't, he stayed and was shooting at other players while he was still being forced to lock onto them, not to mention that he told his team that "he just won't shoot", and still continued to shoot at other players.

If playing with a cheater on your team over and over again intentionally is considered cheating, then using their remote cheats should also be considered cheating.

- Hal intentionally used the remote cheats when he continued to shoot at other teams, knowing he was being affected by remote cheats. Not only that, he refused to leave the match by telling his team he was staying, and he refused to stop shooting, like he said he would. This is disgraceful behavior.

- Gen unintentionally used the remote cheats and left with very little hesitation when he found out that he suddenly had them. It could be argued that Gen installed them himself and was cheating too, but I don't think he was, at least it doesn't seem like it to me. In the ALGS, Gen knocked down a Bloodhound off screen and thought it was the player he was shooting at. A few moments later the cheat GUI popped up and Gen backed up, told his team, put his hands in the air, and left when told to. I didn't know who Gen was until yesterday, but I have newfound respect for a stranger.

I'll also say this again, Gen suddenly having cheats should of been what had ended the ALGS match as any instance of cheating ruins the integrity and fairness of the game. Why was the match allowed to continue after cheating was reported?

Edited 1: After the ALGS match, Hal went to go into ranked, and got banned on the spot. Despite this, (and I just found out about this tweet), he's streaming on an alt while his main account is banned. https://twitter.com/ImperialHal/status/1770151571558461601 If you're banned, (be it your fault or not), and you alt, that's called ban evading.

Edited 2: Going over the videos again, did anyone else notice that Gen's inputs switched from controller, to MNK, then back to controller? Feels a little weird to do on your own intentionally, which seems to suggest that this is a PC issue, (if anything), as console doesn't have MNK support.




Hal also didn't get the chat box going off, saying it was a hack either, nor did he had any indicator of what his inputs were. I'm unsure if we can hide the buttons from the HUD, but that just seems odd. The only indication of input, (besides knowing he switched to a controller), is the "L to toggle zoom" prompt. It makes me wonder if his input switched to, and if that matters and/or plays a role.

@Midnight9746Hal did it so they would see it and stop the whole thing. He didn't install the cheats or try to win using them. Hal also said EA told him his account is suspended while they do their investigation. They don't want a bunch more data clogging his account.

Thor found malware that helped another PC connect to his today live on stream.

@hayhor  Doesn't excuse the fact that he had knocked down players from another team. If he was "trying to make EA see", there was other ways to make it known, such as leaving the match and reporting it directly to the ALGS team.

Just saying, using the cheats, even to "make it be aware", is still cheating.

Also, if EA banned him to better look into things, why wasn't his account banned the moment it became known he had them? As in, the moment he told his team he had cheats, why wasn't it dealt with then? Why was he allowed to que into ranked almost an hour later before he was hit with a ban?

Again, pointing this out: https://twitter.com/PlayApexEsports/status/1769527345176621110

If the "competitive integrity" was "compromised" in match 3, why was match 4 allowed to play out? It was clear that Gen got hacked, and it should of prompted EA to investigate EVERY player who was playing in the finals to see if it was a problem for more than just Gen. They would of most likely found out Hal was compromised and would of been less embarrassed as a result.

Chill, Hal played yesterday and streamed worldwide from his smurf account (level 30 predator). It didn't affect him anyhow. Maybe he just don't have those 4000 packs from Destroyer2009 on this smurf account.

IMO, the very fact that EA/ Respawn did not and has not pulled the game pending an investigation for OUR BEST INTERESTS, should tell you everything you need to know. 

EA - "We care about your money."  - "We do not care about the safety of yous, your accounts, private information and so on, sorry... not sorry." 

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