Apex Legends Anti-Cheat Update — False Positive Ban Fix

An Update from the Anti Cheat Team

2/5 Minor

Apex Legends reverses a false positive ban and modifies anti-cheat detection rules to prevent hardware-related heuristic errors.

Key Changes

1Unbanned user wrongly flagged by behavioral heuristics
2Modified the specific anti-cheat rule that triggered the false positive threshold
3Reviewing historical data to identify and rectify any other potential false positive bans

All Changes

🛡️Anti-Cheat(3)

fixAnti-Cheat: Unbanned a user after reviewing a false positive ban triggered by behavioral heuristics.
changeAnti-Cheat: Modified the specific detection rule that triggered the ban threshold to prevent future false positives.
fixAnti-Cheat: Initiated a review of historical data to identify and resolve any other potential false positive bans.

Summary

Anti-Cheat System Update

The Apex Legends Anti-Cheat team has addressed a recent false positive ban involving behavioral heuristics. Following a manual review, the affected user has been unbanned. To improve system accuracy, the team has modified the specific detection rule that triggered the threshold and is currently auditing historical data to identify any other potential false positives. The team also clarified that specific mouse hardware is not being targeted by Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC).