Apex Legends temporarily affected by remote hackers and cheats

Hours after Apex Legends was infiltrated by bad actors trying to gain access to characters via remote hacks, Respawn has not only acknowledged the security incident, but also informed players that the issue has been resolved.

In a statement shared on social media, the developer likened the issue to a “cat-and-mouse game” where the team is actively trying to stay ahead of any such instances, thanks largely to reporting from its player-base.

To go further, players shared video evidence of what was happening, including attempts to push their in-game characters off the map.

At the time, Respawn acknowledged the security incident, and thankfully, had identified no evidence pointing to the installation or execution of malicious code, AKA “injection attacks”.

That acknowledgment almost certainly lets wary players breathe a sigh of relief. Right now, it's unclear how bad actors were able to gain access to Apex at such a core level, and it likely will never be revealed. However, Apex is the third such game in its genre to find itself infested with cheats and/or hackers.

Cheaters seem to be everywhere in these popular games

During the Christmas holidays, Rainbow Six Siege found itself infiltrated by hackers. Except in this case, the affected players stood to benefit as gamers were gifted 2 billion credits, thereby shutting down the total market.

For its part, Ubisoft has assured players that they won't be banned if they spend those credits. However, a few days after the issue was resolved, things backfired, with hackers again infiltrating the game, issuing a 67-day meme ban.

Elsewhere, Ark Raiders has also experienced its own cheating epidemic, which has finally been acknowledged by Embark Studios, which plans to act on it in the coming days. Which is to say, it's been a rough ride of things for gamers and developers alike.