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Websites of multiple U.S. universities are serving Fortnite and 'gift card' spam. BleepingComputer confirmed the malicious campaign was live, and had targeted additional scholastic websites including that of the University of Michigan.
Epic Games has reached a $520 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations that the Fortnite creator violated online privacy laws for children and tricked users into making unintended purchases in the video game. To that end, the company will pay a record $275 million monetary penalty for breaching the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting the personal information of Fortnite players under the age of 13 without seeking permission from their parents.
UPDATE. Hackers are scoring more than a million dollars annually selling compromised accounts for the popular Fortnite video game in underground forums. After tallying the auction sales for several high-end and low-end Fortnite account sellers over a three month period, researchers found that on the high end, sellers averaged $25,000 per week in account sales - roughly $1.2 million per year.
Servers hosting Valve Source Engine and popular games like Fortnite are targeted by a new variant of the Gafgyt botnet.
Attackers are taking aim at Fortnite's global community of 250 million gamers.
A new ransomware family specifically targeting users of the Fortnite game is based on the open source Hidden-Cry malware, Cyren’s security researchers have discovered. read more
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Epic Games, the creator of the popular 'Fortnite' video game, is facing a class-action lawsuit from gamers over hacked Fortnite accounts, accusing the company of failing to maintain adequate...
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Leaky Fortnite single sign-on mechanism could have allowed hackers to access game accounts.