Apex Legends hacker said he hacked tournament games ‘for fun’ – By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (Techcrunch) / March 20, 2024
On Sunday, the world of video games was shaken by a hacking and cheating scandal.
During a competitive esports tournament of Apex Legends, a free-to-play shooter video game played by hundreds of thousands of players daily, hackers appeared to insert cheats into the games of two well-known streamers — effectively hacking the players midgame.
“Wait, what the fuck? I’m getting hacked, I’m getting hacked bro, I’m getting hacked,” said one of the players allegedly compromised during a livestream of the gameplay.
The incidents forced the organizers of the Apex Legends Global Series tournament, which has a $5 million total prize pool, to postpone the event indefinitely “due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised.”
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