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The live event was disrupted when one player was given wallhacks and another an aimbot mid-match, prompting the North American finals to be delayed \"due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised.\" Although no one knows exactly how the hacker in question pulled it off, there were naturally concerns among the Apex Legends community that it was done via the game's anti-cheat software, Easy Anti-Cheat. But the developer behind the software itself has stated this is not the case. In a March 18 post on its X (formerly Twitter) account\u2014the first one since May 2019\u2014the Easy Anti-Cheat developer wrote it had conducted an investigation and is \"confident that there is no RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.\" Many other games also use Easy Anti-Cheat, including Fortnite and Dead by Daylight, but this should mean none of them face similar security risks. 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The live event was disrupted when one player was given wallhacks and another an aimbot mid-match, prompting the North American finals to be delayed \"due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised.\" Although no one knows exactly how the hacker in question pulled it off, there were naturally concerns among the Apex Legends community that it was done via the game's anti-cheat software, Easy Anti-Cheat. But the developer behind the software itself has stated this is not the case. In a March 18 post on its X (formerly Twitter) account\u2014the first one since May 2019\u2014the Easy Anti-Cheat developer wrote it had conducted an investigation and is \"confident that there is no RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.\" Many other games also use Easy Anti-Cheat, including Fortnite and Dead by Daylight, but this should mean none of them face similar security risks. 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ImperialHal was banned after unwillingly receiving an aimbot from a hacker. Photo by Joe Brady via ALGS<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Although no one knows exactly how the hacker in question pulled it off, there were naturally concerns among the Apex Legends<\/em> community that it was done via the game’s anti-cheat software, Easy Anti-Cheat. But the developer behind the software itself has stated this is not the case.<\/p>