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Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament

ID: cc3da407-dceb-591b-a9dd-f5cbf11deb7f

STIX ID: report--cc3da407-dceb-591b-a9dd-f5cbf11deb7f

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2024-03-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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Professional Apex Legends tournament matches were disrupted when two players were suddenly granted cheats (wallhacks and an aimbot) in-game, forcing a temporary shutdown of the event; community evidence and attacker messages allege an RCE exploit in the game client, anti-cheat, or underlying engine, though vendor statements have not confirmed a technical root cause.

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