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Apex Legends players worried about RCE flaw after ALGS hacks

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STIX ID: report--7f8caf67-1ad2-5d8c-b67d-f8ae50736467

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-03-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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Electronic Arts postponed the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) North American finals after attackers remotely activated cheat software (TSM HALAL HOOK) and aimbots in players' game clients mid-match, allegedly via a remote code execution vulnerability; the hacks disrupted matches, caused at least one player to quit, and led to an investigation with Easy Anti-Cheat stating confidence that their software has no RCE.

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