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Apex Legends tournament hack forces Easy Anti-Cheat to defend software safety
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Sunday, two competitive esports players appeared to get hacked during a live streamed game, prompting the organizers to postpone the tournament.
Before that, for a split moment, a window appears on their screen, with what looks like a menu for a tool to enable cheats, titled “TSM HALAL HOOK.”
At the same time, the game’s chatbot shows a message that appears to come from the hackers: “Apex hacking global series, by Destroyer2009 &R4andom.”
In the other match, something similar happens to another competitive Apex Legends player, ImperialHal, who also posted the sequence on their X account.
“Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the [North America] finals at this time.
We will continue to work closely with our partners for any follow up support needed,” the official Easy Anti-Cheat account posted on X.
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