2024-03-21 02:41:05
Since a major hacking incident broke out in the ALGS 2024 Professional League Spilt 1 North American regional finals held on March 17, North American time, the hacker “Destroyer2009” who initiated it has become the focus of the community. According to the latest interview with foreign media, Destroyer He admitted that the attack was caused by him, and admitted that his motivation was not only for fun, but also because he hoped that the loopholes in “Apex Legends” might be fixed.
On the day of Monday’s game, the game screen of Genburten, a well-known DarkZero team player, was suddenly forced to activate the perspective plug-in. At the same time, the chat channel continued to automatically send out “Apex hacking global series by Destroyer2009 & R4ndom”, making Destroyer regarded as the attacker of this incident. .
According to American technology media TechCrunch During the interview, Destroyer admitted that he initiated the ALGS hack and said it was “just for fun.” He also emphasized that the purpose was to force the development members of “Apex Legends” to fix the vulnerabilities he discovered.
However, Destroyer was unwilling to disclose the specific details of the vulnerability attack in the interview. “I don’t want to disclose the details until everything is completely fixed and back to normal.”
According to the report, Destroyer added that “the vulnerability has nothing to do with the server. I have never touched other content outside of the “Apex Legends” process.” At the same time, he also stated that he did not directly attack the computers of Genburten and Imperial Hal. He insisted that his hacking “did not go beyond the scope of the game.”
As for why he carried out the attack during the game, Destroyer said that in addition to “wanting to be famous”, he also emphasized that “not many hackers would use such a vulnerability in such a way that the victim is absolutely innocent.”
In fact, many players noticed that when the Genburten screen was hacked, a plug-in software window appeared, and some people pointed out that the last option in it was “vote for Putin.” Destroyer used this to justify his actions, and his attack was not no offence.
Destroyer: “Imagine, if I hadn’t deliberately made a joke and added some memes to their cheat screen, I’m pretty sure someone’s screen would have had a cheat pop up during the game, and you might have ruined their career.”
Destroyer said that the window was really part of the plug-in software, but he had slightly adjusted the menu. He also said in an interview that he chose two players, Genburten and Imperial Hal, as targets because “they are both good people.” He also said, ” Provide them with free attention and traffic.”
Destroyer said in an interview that he did not report this vulnerability to Respawn Entertainment because EA does not offer bug reporting bounties, but also emphasized that “even if no one reports it to them, they know how to fix it.”
Although it is impossible to confirm whether Destroyer really did not attack the players’ computers, this ALGS hacking incident seemed to have forcibly interrupted the event with a total prize of 5 million US dollars, and also made the Apex community panic regarding the security of the game.
Respawn Entertainment announced the launch of the first wave of “Layered updates” two full days following the incident to prevent hackers from gaining full control of the game. Conor Ford, director of the “Hideouts” network security team of “Apex Legends”, also expressed his gratitude to his colleagues on Twitter for their performance during this period.
We are working. The team on this are some of the most talented I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. All I can say is, the care and love shown from parties involved makes me thankful for the coworkers and devs on this game. https://t.co/RfqkgGVhgC
— Conor Ford / Hideouts (@RSPN_Hideouts) March 20, 2024
So far, ALGS event organizer EA or developer Respawn Entertainment have not given a complete explanation of the incident, and there has been no announcement when the ALGS event will resume. Regardless of the motive, Destroyer’s attacks have had a serious impact on EA and the ALGS competition, and EA is likely to take legal action.
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