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'Bad Actor' Hijacks Apex Legends Characters in Live Matches

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Apex Legends players over the weekend experienced disruptions during live matches as threat actors hijacked their characters, disconnected them, and changed their nicknames. [...]

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'Bad actor' hijacks Apex Legends characters in live matches

Apex Legends players over the weekend experienced disruptions during live matches as threat actors hijacked their characters, disconnected them, and changed their nicknames. [...]

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Respawn Solves an Incident in Apex Legends Where Malicious Actors Could Kidnap Characters in the Games

Respawn has solved an incident related to his title Apex Legends, through which malicious actors managed to kidnap and control the characters of some players in live games, disconnecting them from the server forcibly and changing their nicknames.

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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