Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition
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The hack may have been spread through Apex's anti-cheat software.

Wow it finally happened. So glad I switched to steam running on linux mint last week. I refused to install helldivers because it wanted to install some no holds barred god level permissions anti-cheat software. Windows 11 was the last straw for me. Good times…

The volunteers at the Anti-Cheat Police Department have since issued a PSA announcing, “There is currently an RCE exploit being abused in [Apex Legends]” and that it could be delivered via from the game itself, or its anti-cheat protection. “I would advise against playing any games protected by EAC or any EA titles”, they went on to say.

As for players of the tournament, they strongly recommended taking protective measures. “It is advisable that you change your Discord passwords and ensure that your emails are secure. also enable MFA for all your accounts if you have not done it yet”, they said, “perform a clean OS reinstall as soon as possible. Do not take any chances with your personal information, your PC may have been exposed to a rootkit or other malicious software that could cause further damage.”

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The missing context here (not your fault, i think people reporting this are being misleading) is that they were using their personal systems in this tournament. That means whatever dodgy software they’ve installed can’t be monitored in a controlled environment, and claims of it being EAC’s fault is unfounded.

    A proper tournament would have controlled hardware and software, even if playing remotely at a professional level. You can’t guarantee these systems haven’t been tampered with, even if the players insist on proper security measures.

  • jabathekek@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    …your PC may have been exposed to a rootkit or other malicious software that could cause further damage."

    “The rootkit you installed on your pc allowed a rootkit or other malicious software to be installed on your PC.”

    • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      “But, it stopped little Aimbot Andrew from successfully using the xProAimb0t2024 program he spent his monthly allowance on! Never mind the rest; it’s working as intended. Closed as WONTFIX.”

      – Anticheat developers

  • tiredofsametab@kbin.run
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    3 months ago

    Fyi, it’s “no holds barred” as in no type of hold is disallowed. “no holes barred” is a decidedly different sort of event