Apex Legends esports organizers confirm its North American esports finals were ‘compromised.’
EA and Respawn’s shooter game Apex Legends was reportedly hit with a disruptive hacking incident Sunday night, causing the game’s esports league to press pause on its North American tournament until further notice.
« Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the NA finals at this time, » the official Respawn-affiliated Apex Legends account wrote on Twitter late Sunday. « We will share more information soon. »
In the middle of a tournament game, Apex pro player Noyan « Genburten » Ozkose said that his game was being hacked and taken over to deploy cheats on his account. In a video clip from the player’s livestream, a cheat program’s settings menu pops up briefly before Genburten yells, « I’m getting hacked, I’m getting hacked! »
Genburten, who is playing on a controller, appears baffled and shocked as the hackers repeatedly type into the chat box from his account: « by Destroyer2009 & R4ndom » and « Apex hacking global series.
