Apex Legends is a battle royale-style online multiplayer game launched as a competitor to Fortnite.
The North American esports final of online shooter Apex Legends has been postponed following claims of hacking.
Clips shared by players show unwanted cheat modes being activated mid-match, sparking panic among opponents.
Two high-profile Apex Legends players, Genburten and ImperialHal, posted clips of cheats being inserted into their games.
Cheats such as these are forbidden in major esports competitions, and using them can result in a ban.
In both cases the players quickly announced they had been hacked and were urged by others to quit the game.
Apex Legends regularly introduces new features and settings with season updates.
Volunteer group The Anti-Cheat Police Department - which works to combat cheating in online games - said hackers appeared to have found a flaw allowing them to access players' machines.
It said it wasn't clear if the vulnerability - known as a remote code execution, or RCE - was present in the game itself, or specialised anti-cheating software.
Regular players have expressed concern that their own machines could also be at risk, but there has been no official confirmation of this.
In response, the makers of Easy Anti-Cheat - the specialised software players suspected was compromised - said they had investigated reports of a possible issue.
Apex Legends is a free-to-play, team-based battle royale shooter developed by Star Wars: Jedi Survivor studio Respawn Entertainment.
EA, which owns Respawn, recently announced that a Star Wars-themed first-person shooter from the studio had been cancelled.
The news emerged alongside the publisher's plans to lay off 670 workers across the wider company.
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This Cyber News was published on packetstormsecurity.com. Publication date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:13:06 +0000