Some hackers have broken into Fortnite player accounts and stolen hundreds of dollars each time. After weeks of trying to contact Epic Games about security threats, many of them said they were left tall and dry.
Over the past few months, hackers have found vulnerabilities in Epic Games clients. In the interview, this Fortnite hacker says that, since Epic does not ask for additional verification before in-client purchases, they do not have much trouble breaking into the account - as long as player info has been compromised in another account. data breach. Hackers enter accounts, purchase upgrades for Fortnite Founder Package and sell extra free copies of Fortnite's base game Save the World. Currently, the hottest game is suffering from a major hacking epidemic that some players say Epic has been too slow to overcome.
On March 13, Epic locked up the account of a player named Robby after the hacker tried to crack it too often. Robby received an e-mail notification. Desperate to get in touch with security issues and unlock her account, she attempted to contact Epic via two links in an e-mail. After not getting a response, he tries to go to the "Account Help" page on the Epic website, but can not sign in, because his account is locked. "It's an infinite loop with no real help," he told me. "If your account is hijacked, and actually fetched, the e-mail address to stop it from happening does not really work."
Ten other Fortnite players interviewed said that, after their account was hacked, they had not heard a human response in Epic for more than a week. Many just want to change the information in their game, get their accounts reactivated, or hear from a human about what is going on. One did not hear from Epic for 13 days about $ 300 thefts. For another, it's 9 days, $ 250. One player, Steve, has received over 3,000 notices in 16 days that the hacker has tried to log in to his account (he has two factors enabled). "I can not contact Epic after sending two support requests with some updates while tweeting them several times," he said. "I just tried to cancel my account and stop this email attack."
Reached for comment, Epic says hacking attacks are their "highest priority", adding, "Friend Code in Save the World Founder's Packs is the main reason why accounts are compromised. Until yesterday, Founder Packages that include Friend Code are no longer available in stores." Since December, Epic says they have made their support team seven times larger. "We are trying to double it again," added the representative.
