Just hours after Apex Legends found itself infiltrated by bad actors attempting to gain access to characters via remote hacks, Respawn has not only acknowledged the security incident, but has also informed players that the issue has since been resolved.
In a statement shared on social media, the developer likened the issue to a “cat-and-mouse game” wherein the team is actively trying to stay ahead of any such instances, largely thanks to the reporting from its player-base.
In the lead-up to the go-ahead, players had shared video evidence of what was happening, including forcefully trying to push their in-game characters off the map.
At the time, Respawn acknowledged the security incident, and thankfully, hadn’t identified any evidence that pointed to the installation or execution of bad code, AKA an “injection attack.”
That acknowledgment almost certainly let wary players breathe a sigh of relief. Right now, it’s unclear just how bad actors were able to gain access to Apex at such a core level, and it likely won’t ever be revealed. Apex is, however, the third such game in its genre to find itself infiltrated with cheaters and/or hackers.
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During the Christmas holiday, Rainbow Six Siege found itself infiltrated by hackers. Except in this case, impacted players stood to benefit as gamers were being gifted 2 billion in credits, leading to a total marketplace shutdown.
For its part, Ubisoft promised players that they would not be banned had they spent those credits. However, just days after the issue was seemingly resolved, things went backwards, with hackers once again infiltrating the game, issuing meme bans of 67 days.
Elsewhere, Arc Raiders has also experienced its own cheating epidemic, something that was finally acknowledged by Embark Studios, which plans on acting on it in the days to come. Which is to say, it’s been a rough go of things for gamers and developers alike.
- Released
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February 4, 2019
- ESRB
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T for Teen: Blood, Violence
- Engine
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Source on console/PC, Unreal Engine 4 on mobile
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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PC, PS4, Switch & Xbox One
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