1y ago

Apex Legends streamers warned to 'perform a clean OS reinstall as soon as possible' after hacks during NA Finals match

1y ago

Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition via anti-cheat software

1y ago

Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition

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A kernel-level anti-cheat being used as an attack vector? Who could possibly have seen this coming?
- This is why I didn’t buy Helldivers 2 even though it looks like so much fun
  
  Btw, Helldivers 2 is playable on linux, meaning it doesn't use kernel level anticheat there.
  https://www.protondb.com/app/553850
Oh look, if it isn't the reason I refused to install that game vindicating my choice.
EL OH EL.
Thanks EA.
We'll see if Easy Anti Cheat's statement is true in due time...
What I can say is clearly Easy Anti Cheat doesn't stop other people cheating for someone.
Employees at Respawn started to be notified of layoffs at the end of last week, with the Apex Legends team in particular being affected. The layoffs are part of the 670 job cuts EA announced in February by boss Andrew Wilson.
At least a few of these people are the ones who would be able to find and properly fix the vulnerabilities within Apex Legends.
- I can almost guarantee you that somebody at EA said "We've havent been hacked, why are we spending so much on security?"

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