Respawn Entertainment Responds to Apex Legends Hacking Incident

Last week, a North American Apex Legends Tournament was halted due to a sudden hacking incident. Two of the rivaling players were suddenly breached through the Easy Anti-Cheat software and given wallhacks and aim locks for a brief moment. Players who were affected suddenly informed everyone that they were being hacked and left the game before things got worse. The match was then halted until the anti-cheat software was changed.

Well, lucky us, Respawn Entertainment spoke on behalf of the incident, but it seems like their intention was just to show that they are aware of the problems. In the announcement, they stated that game and player security was their top priority and that they had improved their anti-cheat system to uphold the incoming attacks from outside. This update only affected the Apex Legends, though; we are not sure if this also affects any other single or multiplayer game outside the Apex Legends that uses Easy Anti-Cheat software.

Cheaters are becoming increasingly annoying to deal with as most multiplayer games opt to be free-to-play, giving cheaters more chances to create accounts and try again. While some developers have found great ways to punish cheaters for their misdemeanors, most have band-aid fixes to deal with cheaters temporarily.

Unless Respawn or Electronic Arts hasn’t come up with a solid, unbreakable plan, the cheaters will find and brute force their way to cheat again. Let’s hope the last update actually brought a proper fix for the whole Apex Legends community. For the North American Apex Legends Tournament, the organizers have the green light to continue the event. However, they are waiting for things to settle before starting the tournament once again.