A kernel-level anti-cheat being used as an attack vector? Who could possibly have seen this coming?

Oh look, if it isn't the reason I refused to install that game vindicating my choice.

EL OH EL.

Thanks EA.

We'll see if Easy Anti Cheat's statement is true in due time...

What I can say is clearly Easy Anti Cheat doesn't stop other people cheating for someone.

Employees at Respawn started to be notified of layoffs at the end of last week, with the Apex Legends team in particular being affected. The layoffs are part of the 670 job cuts EA announced in February by boss Andrew Wilson.

At least a few of these people are the ones who would be able to find and properly fix the vulnerabilities within Apex Legends.