Apex Legends hacker breaks silence and warns EA and Respawn

Hacking against two professional players Apex Legends in the middle of the game continues to generate noise in sectors games and cybersecurity. Destroyer2009, one of the hackers who claimed responsibility for the attack, broke his silence and spoke TechCrunch why he decided to carry out his plan during the finals of the North American tournament Apex Legends Global Series.

Although the hacker had previously made brief comments on the Anti-Cheat Police Department’s X (Twitter) account via Telegram, this was the first time he had spoken on the matter in front of the media. In this sense, he argued that he committed the offense “just for fun.” But by his actions he also wanted force Respawn and Electronic Arts to fix exploited security flaw.

Destroyer2009 avoided technical details about what glitch was used to activate cheats during the games of two top players such as Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose and Philippe “ImperialHal” Dozen. Despite this, he clarified that The technique he implemented had nothing to do with the Apex Legends servers and in the process of work did not affect anything outside the game..

After the hack was completed, the hacker confirmed using remote code execution, or RCE, to infiltrate players’ games and activate cheats such as wallhacks And aimbots. At first it was assumed that the exploitable vulnerability could be both in Apex Legends itself and in the anti-cheat system. Easy anti-cheat or in unofficial fashion R5 reboot. However, after several hours, it became clear that the problem was with the Respawn game. Although it is not yet known what exactly exploit took advantage of it.

Appeal to the developers Apex Legends

Despite the claim that the hack Apex Legends was “just for fun”, Destroyer2009 left the game developers with a warning. According to the hacker, the security breach he used to infiltrate This is serious enough to cause major problems for players.. Both inside and outside Apex Legends.

“Not many people would take advantage of this exploit in such an innocent way for the players. Imagine if it wasn’t a joke and we didn’t put traps in the memes. I’m sure you can ruin someone’s career if the window cheats appeared on your screen in the middle of a competition,” he said.

When Destroyer2009 talks about memes, it is because during the Genburten hack one could see a program window appear to activate cheats in Apex Legends. In one of the listed paragraphs it said “Vote for Putin”. kind trolled in the midst of Russia’s disputed presidential election over the weekend.

They eliminate the installation of malware

Respawn’s official response to hacking of professional players Apex Legends It arrived more than 48 hours after the incident. The investigation confirmed the breach and highlighted that the deployment had already begun multi-level security update to fix the problem. However, he did not disclose the reason for the attack.

The author of the hack claimed that he did not inform the developers or EA about what happened. exploit questionable because they do not offer rewards to third parties. In addition, he tried to calm the players Apex Legends. According to Detroyer2009, it is unlikely that other hackers will find the loophole he exploited and be able to exploit it before it is fixed.

A few days ago, the perpetrators of the attack on Apex Legends They have already ruled out the possibility of infiltrating players’ computers or using RCE to install malware or other types of malicious software. “We are jokers, not clowns”published in Telegram groups in which this issue was discussed.