In a situation never seen before, players in the North American region of Apex Legends were hacked live to receive cheats.
Hackers have been in focus in major internet competitions esports for the worst reasons. After continued DDOS attacks on the LCK, which forced the Korean League of Legends league creating local serversnow it was the Apex Legends Global Series North America that suffered, but in a different way.
During the final phase of the North American region of the official Apex Legends circuit, several players were hacked live, while they were doing stream of games. These hackers instead of harming the players, they activated cheats on your accounts during games.
Genburten received a wallhack and Imperial Hal received a aimbot that would normally lead to ban of the players, but in this case, and with the situation duly documented, the players immediately stopped playing and actions should not be taken against them.
Although the players are safe, the league organization has suspended the NA Finals until further information. It will be necessary to evaluate all players to understand whether more were affected, and perhaps chose not to reveal, and also take measures to ensure that this unusual situation does not happen again.
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