Titanfall 2 hack: Respawn confirms finding ‘simple exploit’ but says there are no ‘serious risks’

There have been reports that a security flaw in “Titanfall 2” was found with the potential to compromise gamers’ computers. However, Respawn Entertainment has issued a statement saying it only found a “simple exploit” so far.

Hacking incidents have become quite common in “Titanfall” games in recent months. It is then understandable that players immediately became worried upon the release of reports that a security flaw could potentially run malicious programs on computers where “Titanfall 2” is installed.

However, Respawn’s official statement on the issue suggests that the initial reports may have overstated the actual “Titanfall 2” problem. The developer said in its latest update, “We’re still investigating this issue but our engineers believe that we’re dealing with a simple exploit that can be used to crash games.”

Respawn added that, per its initial investigation, that it does not think “more serious risks” are present, based on the exploit the developers found. While Respawn did not say it directly, the statement seemed like an attempt to calm “Titanfall 2” players so they would not resort to drastic measures such as uninstalling the game.

More elaborate explanations on the supposed “Titanfall 2” vulnerability were widely shared on Twitter and Discord. Leon Benkovic, who also goes by DirectXeon, has posted on Discord saying the game is “considered compromise.”

In a three-part Twitter thread, Benkovic said the bug works via game invites and could execute codes on a player’s computer. With that, the alleged exploit could be used to run malware and other programs. Other posts have claimed that the issue affects other platforms where “Titanfall 2” is available.

There has been a rise in hacking incidents targeting “Titanfall” games that started earlier this year. Most of them have been executed in the form of DDoS attacks so that legitimate players’ games would crash giving the attackers an advantage to win a match.

“Apex Legends” also became a target of widespread hacking in July when attackers flooded the game with messages to “Save Titanfall.” The attackers believed Respawn has not been giving the franchise much attention as it does for the free-to-play game.