Professional Hacker Gives His Take on Apex Hacking Situation

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[@ZippNews]

www.twitch.tv/piratesoftware

[@jamzey8373]

FYI to everyone, mande later joined the stream and gave more context to them. Check out mandes vod or wait for a upload from either zip or mandes youtube

[@hunnidisblack9337]

Where can i find this

[@chalkedoutline2896]

around 9 hours in pirate softwares latest vod@@hunnidisblack9337

[@dmicik1]

@@hunnidisblack9337mande's vod from today starting at 5 hours 40 minutes in

[@DonVD]

where is the vod

[@agentiswierd5705]

8:40:50

[@shanebryant6478]

Should have given thor the full info bc it happened to other ppl before it all starts

[@beruehmt]

yeah also note that you can read the chat and Destroyer2009 is pretty known in apex

[@robert9312]

​@beruehmt to be fair, Thor isn't apart of the apex community and likely wouldn't know who's known or not in said community.

[@fals3grip]

Watch the whole video

[@mynameisstanliandimasinger9622]

@@robert9312 thats why the comment said he shouldve been given the full info, do you even read the comments above you before you respond

[@nagi4489]

@@robert9312 are you dumb?

[@shinjirugames4844]

i still didnt learn sht from this, plus they didnt give this guy all the info he needed? What about all the shit before algs, the bot spamming, following 1 account, the apex packs being gifted etc.

[@shinjirugames4844]

also what hal said what it looked like on his side. which you cant really see on a replay capture.

[@beachedwhale12]

yea them known nothin bout apex makes it pretty useless info

[@odinez7010]

You didn't learn anything because nobody knows anything. Everyone is guessing right now. The investigation just needs time.

[@thamerkules8081]

Hey at least he went thru it logically an didn't reach

[@odinez7010]

@@thamerkules8081 true

[@tomnelson341]

This guy is missing MOUNDS of context behind this situation. Destroyer 2009 has been wreaking havoc on lobbies for weeks, any ALGS fan probably already knows fully well who "Destroyer 2009" is and what he is capable of. Also there's footage of DM's with Destroyer where he confirms that he is using RCE

[@Sbaker566]

If you're referring to pirate software, yeah he's a clown, wannabe gamedev with an ego problem

[@electrified0]

Keep in mind that a screenshot of a DM of someone claiming to be Destroyer 2009 posted by a self-proclaimed expert on Twitter is very shaky as far as evidence goes. If Destroyer2009 wanted to tell the world he had an RCE exploit, I could think of 1000 better ways to reveal that information than DMing some clout farm.

[@jamiep4674]

@@Sbaker566Retard

[@sanjhino]

@@Sbaker566 lol wtf, where the hate coming from? as far as I know he's one of the most wholesome streamer out there. giving advice to less experienced/beginner game devs.

[@MiyagiApex]

@@electrified0the ss was initially from me and the only reason i posted it at the start was to clear the name of r5, since the developers of r5 are my friends and hal was blaming r5 for the hack on stream

[@tehtehkhantengames8580]

I also work in the red team sphere, I think that destroyer put a rat on their pc awhile ago and has been waiting for this to spit in EA's eye live in front of thousands. I believe their MAC was probably exposed through a session ID on the gaming server itself and he followed it back and infected their gaming pc. I was told that their streaming pc's were not infected but their gaming ones were which lends more weight to that theory as well.

[@MrJustin1m]

Mande joins later and gives more context, Thor then believes its more likely that theres an exploit giving him server access or that destroyer has compromised a Respawn employees machine granting server access.

[@keqqing3634]

Considering that he was cheating their ranked games for months making multiple hacks and was even speaking with them on VC in game brings qustion how apex didnt think that there might be problem inside that can lead to this thing. Also Penguinz0 mentioned that their first days of tournament was with everyone at the same place but just now they decided to host it on online servers. They either wanted the cheater to make a move or they just dont care that much to look at it deeper.

[@redgatewolvarine]

@@keqqing3634 "Penguinz0 mentioned that their first days of tournament was with everyone at the same place but just now they decided to host it on online servers." ...this is totally wrong and you must have misinterpreted what he said, this regional final is not a tournament/LAN, the players only gather in one place for LANs, all actual league matches are played online. the first LAN is in about 5 weeks in L.A., this regional final is to finalize which teams will be attending the LAN. 90% of league matches are played online.

[@RIPFPSDOUG]

Yeah he gained access awhile ago... When the guy first installed the cheating software. Lets face facts. I seen the entire video. I'm confident most of these people are only vulnerable because they installed something they shouldn't have awhile ago. Dude was waiting to expose them.

[@keqqing3634]

@@redgatewolvarine oh yea my bad i just rewatched the video and he didnt mention that this event was LAN he just mentioned that on one of LANs before was or was planend to be actually hosted on online servers which was just asking for hackers to join

[@siniister710]

I wish they went into more convo about the packs, they weren't "gifted packs" there were thousands installed on their accounts lol

[@nineeerie6518]

loooooooooool

[@MrJustin1m]

they do, mande joins the call and gives more context, Thor then believes the hacker has server access or a compromised Respawn machine thats giving him server access.

[@dark_tracker]

Installed is the wrong word to use here

[@GrimBlackout]

@@dark_trackerOk, Whats your word…… im waiting

[@aspeqd]

they were gifted, and hal and the other 2 streamers kept accepting the gift and its just infinite until he disabled it

[@Bozomine]

He doesn't have the context that the hacker has some form of a relationship with several streamers, albeit of his own volition and not per request of Hal or Gen.

[@GotDamBoi]

this guy should be a radio host or some shit. he has a golden voice

[@sh1elds]

anyone can sound like a radio host if you boost the low end of your voice up

[@apexlegendshardstuckpodcas4205]

Zipp, if there is more footage of this guy after more details are released, please post it because this guy actually knows what he is talking about.

[@WarlordRising]

Further context for the situation: The cheater uses the alias "Destroyer2009". He's supposedly from Belarus. He has been griefing Apex Legends pros for the past few months, but only recently started using the method you see here. This was the first time he did it in a tournament, though. It just goes to show how vulnerable these tournaments can be for any game. Supposedly League of Legends also had a tournament hacked into. The popular Apex pro "Mande" actually got an interview with him a month ago after he griefed one of his games. You can watch it on YT.

[@geranobeks]

8:00 to hack everyone is fun, but only to hack the some is to send a message. Like: I wil make your big players AKA the Titans Fall

[@Nemesisxv2]

Faide was also banned by Destroyer2009

[@Nemesisxv2]

​@@geranobeksor he's saying look closer at these specific people

[@benja_324]

​@@geranobeks titans fall? Titan fall? Titan fall 3???? Was this a big teaser for Titan fall 3 all along????

[@Mafia2637]

My question is how do we not know that these streamers do have the cheats downloaded​and destroyer is just outting them@@Nemesisxv2

[@coryfeck7534]

There is more to that clip. It was when he downloaded Norton on his pc after he got hacked.

[@WarlordRising]

It all makes sense now. Destroyer2009 was putting malware on their PC's through ranked matches for the last few months. There's video evidence of him joining their lobbies. He waited until the tournament to light the fuse. Wow. Dude played the long con here. I must say it's impressive, and provides a red flag for future tournaments in ANY game.

[@tencizinec9583]

How was Destroyer2009 able to do the 60 bot atack on Hal? He needs to have deep access to Apex. Cannot be just compromised pcs.

[@veqad2242]

@@tencizinec9583 yeah bot filled lobbies and getting them to actually chase targeted team is some next generation hacking ingame

[@gekke1252]

@@tencizinec9583 exactly this. the dude has been messing with server side stuff for a while now that normal client side cheats can't do. He has breached some kind of server side thing that allows him to do this, with the packs and bots spawning.

[@ToTheGrave20]

You are not a bright person.

[@weeb6316]

this is just not what happened

[@The_Wanderer1]

The Hal video is out of context. Hal downloaded that free malware program after he was hacked, not before.

[@electrified0]

Calling Norton a "free malware program" is accidentally accurate because that software is categorically malware in how it operates

[@Gracchi]

also , whats to say the hacker has not been giving soft silent hacks to these players a for a long time now, they would not know, as i mentioned before, the hacker has been giving free packs to these streamers.

[@fizz_time7003]

Genburten plays the same as he did in season 8. Nothing the pros do seems that impressive if you also have played 240fps on pc with 0 input lag and have more than 4K hours in the game on controller . Only players that seem other worldly are maybe koyful pre nerf r99 and Verhulst on some occasion. After they nerfed the r99 though, koyful doesn’t seem like he’s cheating that much. Hasn’t even been doing good in general just because he’s not as smart as some of these other players. The intelligence of pro players has always been highly doubted though by the average player but a lot of controller pros can swap input method and play mnk and still get masters or pred if they wanted, which the average person cannot do. Genburten has done so live on stream. Genburten also has gotten radiant on valorant, champion 3 on rocket league, and had a skill rating of 4324 in overwatch. Some people are just genetic freaks and are made to play in pro league for games. There’s a reason dz have been so dominant this pro league. A lot of these players are smart dudes who just abuse aim assist, there’s no surprise to me that there’s some genetic freaks that are so insane on controller that they look like there cheating though. Same thing happens in all types of games though like with shaiko on mnk in r6s. Dudes so good they were convinced he was cheating but instead he changed how siege was played forever.

[@RS-wv5wt]

It's difficult to say if soft hacks were given to them at any point without knowing where the vuln came but being that they performed just as well on LAN might squash that suspicion.

[@tonyblackhawk]

They play the same on Lan. They dont need it they are aimbot 🤣

[@Gracchi]

@@RS-wv5wt tbh LAN is also run on an online server, not local lan ,as it used to be,(which it should be), i forget what season respawn changed that. the hacker clearly has access though, most likely the same way they gift free packs to them.

[@jojo_6998]

There is someone who said that this was a real problem for esport. What if at the beginning of the 2024 scrims and tournament, aim assist was boosted for the hacker's favorite team? we donnt know. But according to the reaction of the hacker, he seems like an attention whore, who wants reaction. I dont think he is an apex fan

[@ToxicHorsePucky]

He’s absolutely right, there isn’t enough evidence of an RCE but playing it safe is ok too. Plus the apex pack and zombie mode things are likely different exploits.

[@chandlersun3877]

Didn't someone contact destoyer and he himself said its RCE? Its all on Twitter, called Anticheat police department or something

[@JustAPriapism]

@@chandlersun3877stop believing everything you read on twitter

[@GETJILTEDFL]

@@chandlersun3877 wouldn't destroyer have some incentive to over hype his claims about what he is doing? like thor said to spread fear about anti-cheat or other motives as well

[@ernestomariscal8444]

what is RCE?

[@H4_X]

Most likely as they are server sided things, unless its all the same server sided exploit and he found a way to RCE with it

[@Skull5604]

What about the packs though? Destroyer has a lot of history besides yesterday's episode. Did no one in the chat even call this out?

[@JingaBBB]

I’m a CSS for a bank in Canada. Destroyer has already backdoored everything necessary to be able to see what he needs to for creating his own code to apply in up and running game lobbies. There has been a video with him loading servers with only characters hes created himself with a DS. He can make his own lobbies, he can occupy lobbies with only characters he selects, have them on pause, add/remove players, obviously allow cheats and apply cheats or hacks to whichever character necessary. He has all the necessary access to be able to do ANYTHING he wants to do, he’s bypassed something and is likely taking position as a dev meaning he has all the same access and abilities that they would. What he’s done with Hal and gen is very minimal compared to what he can do. If he isn’t inside already (actually somebody working for EA) then he’s just found a way to allow himself enough access (obviously remotely) bypassing all security (if there even is any with this shit company) to be able to do what he wants. What this guy is saying in the video is completely incorrect, (at very minimum this guys computer is compromised). No, incorrect, this isn’t through gen or Hal’s computer, this is on the servers end, I assume he has no background on what destroyer has done before. Interesting that he’d even think that as a 20+ year CSS with blizzard credentials. Cute assumption though. Full of himself even when he’s completely wrong.

[@max_coast]

Yeah, Hal downloading something doesn't explain how ENTIRE LOBBIES in ranked have been filled with Destroyer named clones that just chase single targets...

[@ghostbravo7127]

Similarly to Thor, you also missed context and jumped to the conclusion that he is full of himself, despite the fact that he began his analysis with an upfront acknowledgment that he was only going to know "a little bit" about what is potentially going on here. I know Thor doesn't regularly play Apex, in fact, I am fairly sure he has never played Apex or has barely ever played Apex. He knows nothing about the esports side or the community, and doesn't even know the game features beyond FPS basics. This was the first piece of information he got about any of this, which is why he has an initial theory which is the more likely circumstance in most cases similar to this one and is the one that any reasonable individual would come to if ONLY given this limited context, but made sure to clarify that there is a good chance he is wrong and that nothing should be assumed until there is more information. Later on, he gets a lot more context from someone in the Apex scene who actually knows the full situation (who himself said that Thor didn't get the full context from his initial source), and is able to provide a lot better analysis. Ultimately, his advice even when given poor initial context was solid, don't count anything out, secure yourself for the worst case, wait for full context, and continue to assess the situation as you get access to more information. A majority of Apex players didn't know anything about Destroyer up until this disaster, so obviously someone who got randomly interrupted mid-stream to analyze a situation he has no context on, is going to be able to make generalized assumptions at best while waiting for more context.

[@pRaX85815]

This hacker was also able to send lootboxes and spawn bot armies etc. This is all too reminiscent of how Titanfall 1&2 were held hostage by a hacker too and reeks of security holes in the actual game rather than the anti cheat. But that's just my theory.

[@gekke1252]

Yes exactly, this level of power goes further then some client side anti cheat on your local machine. You woudn't be able to spawn bots and lootboxes and give remote players cheats.

[@londoninhd4430]

ahhh titanfall.. cant get a game nowadays

[@H4_X]

yeah if it was just an anticheat RCE exploit on someones client he couldn't do server sided things so its through the game and its server.

[@deee_m]

just fyi the "i dont know that this is im downloading it" clip was AFTER Hal had already been hacked when he was trying to set up Norton PC Security so that has nothing to do with the hacks

[@electrified0]

Downloading Norton software on your PC is intentionally downloading malware on your PC so that's not exactly better

[@drakkainnen]

That explains shit, i was like, aha he was just stupid (once i was aswell with a free nitro from my friend and it was written exactly as he would behave normally but it wasnt, not my brightest moment) so it can happen, but still i was suprised from that clip

[@debatinghealer]

So what's the difference, Norton may as well be a virus in itself only decent one is Malwarebytes or good ole Windows Defender

[@mato_2000]

What Thor is missing @6:54 is that Genburten didnt get the chat message when his aimbot activated (shooting the arrows). The message came with the pop up, not when aimbot was acitivated.

[@ThoughtsOrange]

It's so cool to watch actual professionals talk about it

[@resolute7177]

They said nothing of substance

[@Visstnok]

It was effectively a brainlet video. Not that the dude isn't an expert. But lack of knowledge about the game, its community and developers, lead him down the wrong roads.

[@Tygrave]

Do people forget when they (probably not destroyer2009) targeted everyone in Apex and had the menu for trios link to a website about Titanfall 2 being broken while still selling it? EA seems to be compromised, and they are aware of it but can't acknowledge it due to the potential fallout.

[@dixonyu4349]

this is correct. being able to put thousands of packs on an account, programming dozens of bots to get into one players game and execute commands etc. That's actual base admin level control. Man is turning live apex into R5

[@kingkrusherg8367]

Tufi was probably the best person when it came to breaking the game. He had the ability to cause mass havoc. He went above and beyond in terms of controlling apex servers

[@BeeBeeBeeLol]

The hacker is already quite well known in the community, he's 'griefed' more so trolled various other streamers in the category just to make a name for themselves. Their objective isn't that clear and it doesn't seem entirely malicious. The problem is this person has this much access

[@WarlordRising]

Exactly. He directly told Mande he loves playing the game, but doesn't have enough time to "git gud". Instead of grinding the game, he hacked it to have fun for the limited time he gets to play.

[@FLUIDITY_O]

These streamers were also credited thousands of Apex packs by the hacker which would suggest that whatever he is doing is in the games client.

[@Gracchi]

they were both given free packs by this same hacker, as were many other streamers, so it seems, they gained access through apex somehow. whats also funny, is if they get banned from the game client, they can still open these packs, or buy in the store, which also says there is two ways to your files, through apex.

[@HartlockYT]

for the apex packs, i don't think they need to gain access to the streamer. the hacker could just have compromised respawn entertainment's database management system like SQL and changed their 'apex pack count' value to 10,000 and wait for the client to receive that. changing the apex pack count value on a streamer's system is way harder because it involves getting access to their client, finding the 'apex pack count' value from a decompiled exe and changing it, then spoofing the OK-go-ahead for the verification system between client and server so that the server actually respects the value being changed

[@dmwanderer9454]

I think gifting apex packs is how the hacker chose to test their connection. Basically, send a pack and if its succesful the Hacker knows hes in without raising too much suspicion

[@icklewick]

As a cybersecurity expert, I concur with what Thor was saying. Having full context of the situation myself, I would recommend uninstalling until further notice. Respawn will have to address this at some point and they will likely do so if they see their numbers dropping due to fear within the player base. Remember: just because it is not you now does not mean it cannot be you later. These kinds of investigations take time and could incur legal proceedings. Best to sit tight and wait than chance it.

[@jeremylindemann5117]

Is it not enough to just not run the game? Does it need to be uninstalled?

[@scottmcnichols4885]

the worst thing that this happened is. NOW every streamer that has a sus clip they will just claim shit like this. It's a freaking joke online gaming

[@mattlao3460]

lmaoo the Primeagen talking on Apex comp - my worlds colliding 😭

[@kiko0zZ_Art]

I mean scariest thing is if they are leaked like naughty search history or some, It's gonna be most problematic and traumatic for them. you know as a man it sucks

[@kingofmagiccity]

It wasn't just " two players" it was the two best players on the two best teams who are the only teams with titles in apex.

[@anon-mx4jx]

It was a joke, Hal didn’t just download stuff people sent him. The cheater himself said it’s rce. This was going on for months before, some other pros were targeted as well with bot armies in game and Mande talked to the cheater directly. They just didn’t know he has access to their computers. The hacker was especially obsessed with Genburten, the first one who had cheats activated.

[@tvortbox]

So you're telling me, I have a chance to get banned if I play apex? I'm down to keep playing to release me from this prison 😂

[@OtakuHeavenLive]

They need to play the full video. This does not show the full context. Hal also got hack to.

[@Pugoey]

PirateSoftware isn’t really aware of the Apex scene lore it seems

[@DaCom3AK]

That clip was out of context it. Hal was downloading malwarebytes after the ALGS tournament. Not before.

[@Esai_P]

If there were no chat messages from Destroyer, Gens career would have been in HUGE jeopardy. It wouldve looked really bad even though the people who actually watch him know he doesnt cheat. But outsiders like these guys would definitely suspect Gen as the cheater for sure

[@JinglePeeny]

The other guy who didn't get the chat messages probably just had his text chat turned off in the settings.

[@supdawg7811]

The thing that Thor seems to not understand is that everything we’ve seen destroyer do has not been for any kind of money or whatever. He basically wants to just pal around with pros in his own hacky way. I don’t think him developing an RCE would change his behavior to someone who just wreaks absolute chaos. However, out of the people who get their hands on the program after, at least one _will_ try to do that. That’s why I uninstalled the game.

[@dixonyu4349]

it kinda goes beyond "pal'ing around in a hacky way" when you're literally crashing and postponing ALGS. lol

[@thegamingbayskeletor1637]

This reminds me of the "save titanfall" situation where we were all basically locked out of the game for hours 3 years ago

[@Attachhed]

I understand he's been in cybersecurity for 20 years but Idk if he knows how BAD Apex security is it's probably the worst in any multiplayer game

[@Resfectind]

U fell off

[@G_Kaz]

I guess most people don't remember towards the end of MW2 era when you would join a public lobby and someone hacking in it would give everyone hacks like speed/jump/walls and they'd stay on until you restarted your console. Not to mention all the accounts that got max prestige, all skins, tags and player cards from public lobbies.

[@KrispieKremer]

People forgot the hacker gave Gen and Mande over 1k of apex packs before this ALGS competition match. Even did that during their live stream.

[@swayzee8334]

So I'm assuming if you play on console you're safe?

[@trevtheartistofficial9347]

Fire hideout and hire this guy

[@evgenyzhithere7956]

If you played any public servers in cs go or cs1.6 when you join new server you download files , which could be same with apex. The hacker got into server

[@jcstream1]

People dont know this but Gen is on a controller. You cant just have a cheat pop up unless you touch your keyboard which is usually a F# hotkey or insert/delete. Gen is not a cheater.

[@Tihomir21]

Best Part of this video is this guy whos presenting it to piratesoftware Mixed order of things and didnt explain anything thats happening in apex Before this Absolutly Clueless

[@growingoaks]

5:45 Note: If this years Apex World Series operates the same as it did last year, the machines were provided by the tournament host or venue. If that's the case, I wonder what the implication would be since he wouldn't have had any way to download it

[@r99islifeyt41]

If Thor had backstory, (the packs, the likelihood of genburtons hack being an "intro" to hacking algs players,) I'd love to see his full explanation.

[@twitchyflash333]

The "narrator" or whoever is showing Thor all the content annoys the piss out of me. Stop interrupting the man who can explain this just so you can talk.

[@jasonbenavidez2837]

God bro someone needs to fire this guy from their cyber security job. It doesnt take a multi year hacker to see that the hacker got access to one of the system of the pros and was able to pull their clients though the ip from ALGS private server. Like this is embarrassing to watch

[@dixonyu4349]

its an RC in apex, can 100% confirm. Lets think for a second. Destroyer was able to program 45 bots to follow one player and try to punch him out, while also getting all of them into that players lobby (hal, gen) That has nothing to do with EAC. That's a deep seed zero day exploit somewhere in Apex's code that they dont know about. Plain and simple. It's the same reason why EAC doesnt ban cheaters flying around the map aimbotting everyone. (that have existed for 10+ seasons now?) its because the exploit is on the Apex side, and when you exploit it, apex is sending information to EAC that everything is A-Ok with the guy flying around the map like superman spin-botting people with an Automatic fire sentinel. If cheats like THAT exist in your game. No anti cheat in the world is going to save it. The game itself cant even understand when something is cheating. How there isnt a parameter to instantly ban someone who fires 7 sentinel shots in under a second and a half is insane.

[@tripleb3153]

How ironic that it's the 2 teams that have won every Apex world championship 🤣🤣

[@iFluxyy]

Literally have been waiting for Thor to comment on this cybersecurity horror show

[@schulzg]

Should have watched the rest because he goes on to say how Apex is compromised.

[@kubskoutz93]

It did not happen at the same time, game back to back

[@Wynkrs]

I get the argument of only two people lending to the machines are compromised. But there is context. The guy who took credit in gens chat is a known name making huge cheats in ranked and targeting streamers and specifically hal to get as much attention as possible. Gen and hal are arguably the two best players in the game, and have some of the biggest followings. It would be weird for the machines he happened to be able to compromise were those two, especially with him specifically targeting hal for months now. Also there was some rumours around as the pro players got some information from ea about it that they can't really talk to much about but it sounds like it might be a direct exploit through the game. That's the source at least of why everyone is saying those sorts of things.

[@WrecksoMCH]

That free download clip was a joke by Hal lol A lot of pros received free apex packs, 3,000 to be exact, which I believe is the source. If the hacker really wanted to and could, he/she would have given cheats to the whole lobby. My opinion.

[@zeamp]

2:46 The boys are on that defacement vibe. God bless them!

[@squishy6553]

This is a 8 min clip of a more than 1 hour talk of the situation. As a matter of fact, this is barely the beginning. He continues to talk about this with Mande for another hour and gets more insight on the situation. Ultimately he starts to believe this is all happening within the servers and not the client itself. However he wants more evidence as anything is possible as of now. Great listen actually. He also talks about what the devs are going through and even responds to a Hideout tweet I believe.

[@JDSanders85]

This dude’s voice is a legit radio voice.

[@Brevuheh]

I was thinking the same. First guy looked more panicked after the immediate possibility people are pointing out that he has used this hackers services. Not everyone is 12 years old. What’s weird is Hal. Immediately knew what was going on and then immediately played this possible act that he actually had no clue and over acting by screaming “fck you destroyer” 😂😂😂 what do I know. Not saying EITHER NEED to hack. At all. It could be for literally ANY REASON. Not a fan enough to cancel pessimism out. Not a hater at all to out right accuse. Dude is very thorough.

[@JoeBrinkman66]

There has been past examples of hackers compromising Apex tournaments.

[@bigeers11]

Genburten and hal have both won champs and proven their skill at lan events where the computers were provided for them and they traveled over seas to play at. So if they were cheaters than EA and Respawn would have to be in on it.

[@jdd6220]

This guy's voice is therapeutic asf 💀

[@Dawz3G]

Thor makes an EXCELLENT point here. Why waste such a massive vuln, on something as trivial as trolling an ALGS match. Could easily inject malware and make an absolute killing in multiple different ways. PCs are compromised for sure.

[@Dawz3G]

However, I have heard rumors that this Destroyer person is just a 16 year old kid. Perhaps only doing it for clout and not actually wanting to commit a massive cybercrime.

[@VeryBadPlayerTV]

It's a real missed opportunity to not show Thor all the clips of Hal, mande, and genburten getting abused by destroyer2009. Over the past few months he has aggressively aimbotted them dead. Sent a horde of 40+ ai all controlled by him. Gifted them thousands of packs each, opened packs on their account etc. Destroyer2009 has done so much more then this. This is just his biggest move.

[@roreykoscoe]

This needs to have all the context of the interview. This is before he got the context from Mande mid interview.

[@2and6sportspodcast]

Loved the Bitcoin shoutout at the end.

[@jungillestt02]

Targeting the biggest tournament and the two of the biggest players in the same tournament it's obvious it's from some external source. These dudes don't need cheats nor would use them and destroy their careers. Their computers are 100% compromised.

[@GetShrektMrKrabs]

Love the guy not knowing hal has been #1 or #2 (short period) in apex his entire career (also life of apex) lmao

[@Sapreme]

they both have the most braindead take on this situation despite having no context at all

[@iFranOne]

do you know the best gymnast/graffiti artist/ vfx artist/music producer/ tetris/ mortal kombat player / etc in the world? You understand that apex is like 1 spec of sand in the whole beach, compared to the rest of the world. People like Him dont follow this stuff. Why would they?

[@Sapreme]

@@iFranOne If I were giving my 20yrs+ professional opinion on a situation regarding the gymnast/graffiti artist/ vfx artist/music producer/ tetris/ mortal kombat player / etc in the world, i sure as hell better know who that person is, and what the context is before doing so. Thor thinks Genburten and Hal are just random players playing in a random tournament that accidentally turned on their hacks and its case closed. Aboslute braindead take.

[@xThunderMelonx]

​@Sapreme finish the video, listen. Use your ears. Also, this was is an interview/questionnaire and went exactly how they go. Are you 12?

[@veqad2242]

@@iFranOne i wont argue about knowing ppl or some stuff, but context matters and just hearing about 2 cases about this called destroyer actions in just single day certainly is nowhere enough to conclude nor gain information if something was hacked in the past month or year lol

[@John_the_baptized]

I'm not even gonna bother playing Apex until Destroyer gets handled LUL You kidding me? This is a huge problem not just for pros, but every day people. If he had access to a person's full PC, imagine when he sells that and really garners attention

[@universe74]

You shouldn't play until Respawn gets handled. Destroyer is the hero here.

[@John_the_baptized]

@@universe74 until he puts it into the open market for others to take personal info. I get it, he’s not the only one, but he’s one of them and it doesn’t excuse the bad behavior. He’s not a hero.

[@BDC_Loot_Goblin]

Anyone who’s initial thought is that Gen was hacking - their opinion is immediately invalidated.

[@garrett6389]

Players have been saying for years (on Reddit and EA support threads) that there is a SERVER SIDE exploit to access other players accounts and cheat on them. It happened to me (myself as well as many others were later unbanned) but the game was still using Origin at that time. Not saying that's what happened here but that is important context that people should be aware of in regards to accusations of cheating and we know Genburten has been accused a lot.

[@andrew4446]

There's a full hour and 40 minute video from thor(pirate software) where these clips are from. you guys should watch that video if you want to see thor's full opinion.

[@kodak1587]

If it was the Source Engine games like l4d2, hl2dm and tf2 would be decimated at this point. I am personally 100% sure it's the kernel level anti-cheat. This is why I never ever buy any game that has an AC this aggressive.

[@mugenxfromxthex8962]

Apex was hacked about two years ago. This was during the save Titan Fall Campaign. Anyone that loaded the game was unable to play and also was redirected to their website. Next thing is in game cheaters, over the last year ive seen hackers give other players abilities before two most famous being able to fly and use double guns. Now as far as the player goes, thats Genburten proven LAN champion for years. He doesn't need wall hacks. Bros litterally a human aimbot.

[@mroledoc]

one posibility is that they actualy had cheats/hacks from this guy. And for some reason, prob money, he updated the cheats with timed "bugs" in the cheats. to activate and overlay the cheats at this event

[@WhyOrem]

You gotta give the man the FULL information about Destroyer2009. Botting,gifting,shutting down lobbys etc even before this tournament. WAY before this tournament.

[@pars1eyf1akes12]

They both have had multiple run ins with Destroyer2009 in the recent past, them being compromised could explain that

[@mustyyas]

I have an invite-only lobby... random people show up in my lobby. Not a console/apex friend, or even a person I recently queued into a game with..

[@onikrux]

hal was downloading a virus scan tool in that clip. it wasn't prior to the tourney, but it does feel careless how he said that

[@resolute7177]

Didn't he do that afterwards??

[@Tw1steD247]

They're Both multiple LAN champions, moderated... Big piece of context

[@KentRoads]

life in Belarus must be really SAD

[@lunasv7]

All of a sudden i feel the need to check my computer for compromise

[@DreamCometStudiosVOD]

Unless there is a mod menu credit button or it shares who's using the mod menu. Someone who cheats during season 1 or 2 gets grandfathered in and brings in $$$ to the devs and then they don't really care, but I think they both had the same mod menu, which gave the hacker access to their pc remotely. Target, they would have to then know their IPs which goes back to having the same MOD Menu.

[@Fusa_Giko]

yeah what he said at the end of the video makes so much sense & is so true

[@Gottemgotty]

The hacks that were used were RCE and server executables how is the question. Destroyer 2009 is a 15 year old kid doing this lol in the comp he hacked into he even said "apex hacking global series' so for you to be able to even have a mod menu pop up on your screen it would have to be an RCE not a server executable because there's already an anti cheat in the server why would the publishers have mod menus published with the games embedded so both RCE and server executables were used like i said the question is how. /gray hat here\

[@michaeltong3728]

RCE, for most people playing apex, is just a term that they don't even understand or know how it works.. it's literally just plebs saying, ohh someone used rce, which is a term I picked up from others, but have zero education on it..

[@Twaningira]

That free download was a meme clip, im pretty sure. I watched it live, he was really sarcastic.

[@Sports_bottle]

I'm on console. Running roller. My aim went from absolute trash to mostly heads shots. I would like to point out I was using a rampage hip fire.

[@Masteryespk]

I like Thor but unfortunately he was setup to look like an idiot in the beginning because he didn't get the full clip or know the full context. Anyone in the Apex community would immediately know this isn't Gen's fault.

[@Shadowhaz]

you clearly didnt watch his whole take. Obviously if your not invested in Apex you wouldnt know that Gen isnt just toggling by accident.

[@reecerife7839]

He does get the full context after the end of this video in the vod. They even invited Mande in on the discussion while he was watching in a rank queue. There's only so much Zipp can put into a video, lol.

[@BoredBoredman]

Whoever on chat why are you giving Professional Hacker misinformation? 🤣 They made it seem like they really download cheat and cheat on live to thousand of player🤣

[@sweaterzz5597]

i love that you jump to "imperial hal has been a top 10 player the entire time i highly doubt he is cheating...." yeah.... so is genburten lmfao

[@AlexOTF]

Zipp milking this hacking situation 😭🙏🏽

[@ghsty95]

Thor is quickly becoming a national treasure and im here for it 😆

[@justjoddat]

Bro has a great radio voice.

[@jacobnobe2551]

Dude he needed more info alot nore ppl were affected giving apex packs bot spamming ect