Fortnite is actually pretty vulnerable to hackers, and that allowed hackers to take
over player accounts and buy in-game purchases using users credit card info.
So how can you protect your fortnite account from being hacked?
I’m going to tell you in just a second, but first, the intro.
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Well its official.
Epic games, maker of the hugely popular game fortnite, reluctantly admitted that fortnite
had been hacked.
Are we really that surprised, there are a lot of people playing fortnite.
A lot of people who keep their credit card information saved within the game so that
they can make in game purchases.
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Fortnites weakness is essentially the Single sign on implementation.
You have similar login implementation for websites like facebook google plus, playstation
network, Nintendo and Xbox live.
This login then redirects to another URL that hackers can use to redirect a vulnerable webpage
that then steals your username and password.
The hacker sends you a malicious link, through your fortnite account, and if you just so
happen to click on that malicious link, you’ll be redirected to the url that steals your
login credentials.
Your credit card information is automatically saved, also really bad, which then allows
that once users accounts were taken over, they could use your account to purchase and
gift the in game currency-V bucks.
While a hacker is using your account, you wont be able to access it.
Apparently, according to check point, hackers could have pretended to be the player, and
interact with their friends.
This is dangerous for obvious reasons.
If a hacker is posing as you in the game, they could coax out personal information from
your friends.
There should obviously be an option to not save your credit card info, but unfortunately,
there isn’t.
You have to manually remove it by clicking puirchase twice before seeing your billing
information, and that’s where you can remove your credit card info.
Maybe fortnite makes it difficult to remove your credit card info so that its easier for
them to make money because you don’t think twice about making a purchase.
I know when I make a purchase online, if my credit card info isn’t saved, I’ll be
less likely to go through with the purchase because it means I have to get out my credit
card.
Epic games told the verge in a statement, we were made aware of the vulnerabilities
and they were soon addressed.
We thank check point for bringing this to our attention.
The hacker in question was patched, but they aren’t the only hacker on fortnite.
According to the independent, there are money laundering schemes where people use stolen
credit cards that were being used to buy vbucks, and then they were sold back discounted to
players on the dark web.
So how can you protect yourself from being hacked?
If you get a suspicious link sent to you, don’t click it.
And, according to epic games’ statement.
players should protect their accounts by not re-using passwords and by using strong passwords.
You should also never share your sensitive information with anyone.
If you do end up being hacked, make sure you cancel your credit card immediately.
Keep track of purchases you haven’t made and file a report and you might be able to
get your money back from the credit card company.
The scary thing about this is, epic games doesn’t have a customer service branch in
place that you can contact to let them know that someone is trying to use your account.
Users have reported trying to contact customer service multiple times, but never hearing
back, all the while the hacker is still able to access their accounts.
Hopefully this recent report forces fortnite to make their game a little more secure, and
to set up a customer service line that allows users to call or email in to notify the company
that their account has been hacked.
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