Apex Legends Tournament Hacker Speaks, Swears It Was ‘A Joke’
An individual responsible for hacking an Apex Legends global tournament over the weekend has revealed their motivations: they did it “just for fun.”
That quote comes from a new TechCrunch interview with one of the hackers, who goes by Destroyer2009. In it, they detail that their decision to target the Apex Legends Global Series esports tournament (which boasts a prize pool of $5 million) was based partially in a desire to mess around, but also to force developer Respawn to patch the exploit they utilized. According to the hacker, whose shenanigans forced the ALGS topostpone the tournament “due to the competitive integrity of this series being compromised,” the hack was a benevolent one. – Alyssa Mercante Read More
