{"id":169039,"date":"2025-09-22T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2142868"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:53:28","slug":"top-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-ddos-attack-to-win-ranked-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/top-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-ddos-attack-to-win-ranked-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Apex Legends players banned for using DDoS attack to win ranked game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/top-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-ddos-attack-to-win-ranked-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Uh oh, it looks like some ranked Apex Legends players are being naughty again, as Respawn has banned two Apex Predators on Xbox who were caught DDoS-ing a server to win a game. Like a real-life drone EMP. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apexlegends\/comments\/md7frq\/i_have_undeniable_proof_the_4_and_6_predators_on\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">two videos<\/a> appeared on Reddit showing a game in which a top-ranked Apex Legends player was knocked down, only for the server to then mysteriously crash. How convenient. When the legitimate players reconnected to the server, they found themselves knocked down &#8211; and could see the suspicious duo standing over them. The offending fourth and sixth-ranked players were then accused of carrying out a DDoS attack once they started losing in order to get an easy win. (A &#8220;distributed denial of service&#8221; attack basically overwhelms a server with requests, thus preventing legitimate users from accessing the service.) Given their high placement in Ranked mode, it seems likely the pair had DDoS-ed their way to the top of the leaderboard. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, it seems Respawn agreed with this assessment, as security analyst Conor &#8220;Hideouts&#8221; Ford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apexlegends\/comments\/md7j2j\/undeniable_proof_that_the_4_and_6_xbox_preds_are\/gs8wm6w?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">confirmed the pair have been banned<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-26-top-ranked-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-ddos-attacks-to-win-games\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-26-top-ranked-apex-legends-players-banned-for-using-ddos-attacks-to-win-games\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uh oh, it looks like some ranked Apex Legends players are being naughty again, as Respawn has banned two Apex Predators on Xbox who were caught DDoS-ing a server to win a game. Like a real-life drone EMP. Yesterday, two videos appeared on Reddit showing a game in which a top-ranked Apex Legends player was knocked down, only for the server to then mysteriously crash. How convenient. When the legitimate players reconnected to the server, they found themselves knocked down &#8211; and could see the suspicious duo standing over them. The offending fourth and sixth-ranked players were then accused of carrying out a DDoS attack once they started losing in order to get an easy win. 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