"Esports Hacker Admits to Disrupting Apex Legends Tournament for Fun"
TL;DR
The hacker behind the disruption of the North American Apex Legends Global Series finals claimed he did it "just for fun" to highlight vulnerabilities in the game, stating that he didn't hack the players' computers and didn't touch anything outside of the Apex process. Easy Anti-Cheat defended its software safety after suggestions that the hack was carried out through a vulnerability in their system, and Respawn confirmed the hacks and deployed updates to increase player security.
- Apex Legends tournament hacker says he did it "for fun" Eurogamer.net
- Apex Legends hacker said he hacked tournament games 'for fun' TechCrunch
- Massive 'Apex Legends' Hack Disrupts NA Finals, Raises Serious Security Concerns Forbes
- Apex Legends devs confirm esports hacking incident, respond with “layered” updates The Verge
- Easy Anti-Cheat washes its hands of the Apex Legends hacking disaster that saw streamer accounts hijacked live: 'There is no RCE vulnerability within EAC' PC Gamer
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