The appearance and the removal of the Illuminate was so quick that many Helldivers 2 players probably missed it entirely, but thankfully, there were those who screenshotted the apparent teaser to show that it did in fact happen. One of those players who goes by NJRhailFire on Reddit shared the image below in the Helldivers subreddit to show the purple faction towards the bottom of the map.
On the sectors for both the Terminid and Automaton areas, we see that the names of both factions are on those sectors to indicate who they're controlled by. The purple faction on the map doesn't say anything about the Illuminate, but based on past teases and the history with the faction that players of the original Helldivers game will already be familiar with, there's really nothing else it could be besides the Illuminate.
A "System Outage Update" message was also shared in-game which some players believe may be referencing the incident. Arrowhead frequently combines in-game messages with universe lore and teasers to preview what's coming next, though it's unclear if this message is about the Illuminate cameo or something else.
"Some Helldivers may have noticed a recent service outage in the Major Order Communication Display," the message said. "The issue has since been resolved."
Illuminate on Map
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