A hacker who gave cheats in the official Apex Legends tournament says in an interview, ``I did it as a joke to get the vulnerability fixed''


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At the official tournament for the battle royale FPS 'Apex Legends,' an abnormal situation occurred in which a professional player playing the game was hacked and a cheat tool was activated remotely, causing an uproar that caused the tournament to be temporarily canceled. The hacker who carried out this arbitrary code execution attack responded to an interview with TechCrunch, an IT news site.

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The commotion occurred during the North American area finals of the official Apex Legends tournament held on March 18, 2024. While the participating players were playing, a cheat tool suddenly appeared on the screen and the cheat was forcibly applied, causing the participating players to give up on continuing to play. After multiple players suffered similar attacks, tournament management declared the finals canceled and announced a postponement.

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The attacker's name 'Destroyer2009 & R4ndom' was displayed on the screen of a player who was attacked with a cheat.



TechCrunch was able to contact Destroyer2009 for an interview. Destroyer2009 admitted that he attacked players during the tournament, and stated that his purpose was to force the developers of Apex Legends to fix the vulnerabilities that he had exploited at all costs, but that he also said, ``I just wanted to have fun.'' I did it,' he confessed.

According to Destroyer 2009, the window actually displayed on the screen of the participating players was that of a genuine cheat tool, but it was said that the message ``VOTE PUTIN'' was embedded. Destroyer2009 revealed that the message they had placed in the window was a hack that appealed to them that ``cheat assignments are a joke,'' and explained that they were trying not to ruin the careers of the participating players.



Destroyer2009 also said that they chose the two victimized participants because ``they are just good people.''

There is a debate as to whether this exploit is a vulnerability in Apex Legends itself or in the anti-cheat tool installed in Apex Legends, but Destroyer 2009 has not been fully patched. 'We don't want to reveal the details of the vulnerability until the game is back to normal.' However, ``The vulnerability in question has nothing to do with the server, and I have not touched anything other than the ``Apex Legends'' process,'' he said, insisting that he did not directly hack the player's PC. .

Destroyer2009 has not reported any vulnerabilities to developer Respawn or operating company EA. The company says this is because it does not offer a bug bounty program that rewards hackers and researchers who privately report security flaws. Destroyer2009 stated, ``Respawn knows how to apply patches without being reported to anyone,'' suggesting that Respawn may have knowingly left the vulnerability used in this attack unattended.

On March 19th, the day after the tournament, Respawn posted on X (formerly Twitter), 'In order to protect the Apex Legends player community and provide a safe experience for everyone, we have introduced the first phase of a series of updates. ” is reported.

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