August 14, 2019

Fortnite World Cup champion and family swatted while live streaming

"They come in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up, holy sh*t."

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March 19, 2019

Epic in hot water over Steam-scraping code

Players noticed that Epic Games was gathering and storing data from Steam accounts without their permission.

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January 16, 2019

Beware buying Fortnite’s V-Bucks, you could be funding organised crime

Credit card thieves are laundering money by purchasing the in-game currency V-Bucks, then selling it back at a discount to players.

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December 21, 2018

Fortnite hackers making a fortune from reselling stolen accounts

Teenage hackers have been making thousands of pounds selling stolen accounts for popular online game Fortnite, it emerged this week.

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October 03, 2018

Hacked Fortnite accounts and rent-a-botnet being pushed on Instagram

The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.

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August 29, 2018

Google created “unnecessary risk” for Fortnite users, claims Epic boss

Google disclosed the bug "in order to score cheap PR points", said Epic CEO and founder Tim Sweeney,

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August 09, 2018

Fortnite for Android goes “off market” – is that good or bad? [VIDEO]

Fortnite for Android will sidestep Google Play and be an “off market” experience - is that good or bad? We discuss the issues...

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August 07, 2018

Fortnite ditches Google Play – will it undermine Android security?

Like it or not, the Play Store is a walled garden that keeps out malware. (OK, not always, but often.)

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June 21, 2018

Don’t download it! Fake Fortnite app ends in malware…

Epic Games is on the verge of releasing Fortnite for Android - so the crooks are jumping in to offer you "early access"... to malware!

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