Apex Legends ALGS Hit by Hacks, Pro Players Affected, Finals Postponed

The Apex Legends ALGS Regional Finals in NA have been postponed due to hacking attacks on pro players during the matches, and it is unknown when the competition will be held again.

Pro players Genburten, and ImperialHal were hacked live, during the ALGS. We have never seen anything like this before, and EA should ask themselves who is leading their security team.

So what happened? Well, it looks like the tournament servers have special features for spectators and other functionalities. The hacker activated cheats for select players. It seems the initial target was specific teams, but after they got eliminated, the hacker focused on the two most popular players instead.

Here’s what was happening.

Apex Legends pro Genburten had his account hacked in the middle of ALGS…. Never seen anything like this wtf pic.twitter.com/YNd8oCIm4z

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) March 18, 2024

Another Apex Legends pro player, @ImperialHal, was also hacked during the ALGS finals match pic.twitter.com/pn2TPbIIVd

— Apex Legends News (@alphaINTEL) March 18, 2024

Due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised, we have made the decision to postpone the NA finals at this time.
We will share more information soon.

— Apex Legends Esports (@PlayApexEsports) March 18, 2024

EA must fix their servers because many cheaters appeared in Apex lately. This is getting serious, and we hope they come out with some explanation soon.