You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.
Fortnite Accounts Getting Hacked, Refunds May Be Available
Posted:
Fortnite Accounts Getting Hacked, Refunds May Be AvailablePosted:
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 07, 201311Year Member
Posts: 4,097
Reputation Power: 4228
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 07, 201311Year Member
Posts: 4,097
Reputation Power: 4228
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
When a game gets big and popular, that success catches the eye of people who want to do bad things. This is no different for Epic's popular shooter Fortnite. In recent weeks, many Fortnite players have posted on places like Reddit and the Epic Games forums to complain about their accounts getting compromised. The posts detail different kinds of fraud, where charges for things like V-Bucks (Fortnite's in-game currency) and the paid base game Save the World were showing up despite players not having purchased those things.
In one instance, as reported by Kotaku, someone noticed charges of $150 and $100 on their account. This person says they do not know how this happened. This person's credit card data was stored on his Epic Games profile, though it is not clear if the breach took place there. Whatever the case, Epic refunded this person's money.
In a statement, Epic said it is aware of Fortnite accounts getting hacked using "well-known hacking techniques." Epic is working with affected players and will presumably offer refunds to players who can show their accounts were compromised. If you think you've been hacked, Epic says you should [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
Additionally, it's a good idea to have two-factor authentication enabled on your account-- [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . Epic's general Account Security page covers more of what you can do to keep your account safe such as never sharing passwords, use anti-virus software, and keep your PC up to date.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
When a game gets big and popular, that success catches the eye of people who want to do bad things. This is no different for Epic's popular shooter Fortnite. In recent weeks, many Fortnite players have posted on places like Reddit and the Epic Games forums to complain about their accounts getting compromised. The posts detail different kinds of fraud, where charges for things like V-Bucks (Fortnite's in-game currency) and the paid base game Save the World were showing up despite players not having purchased those things.
In one instance, as reported by Kotaku, someone noticed charges of $150 and $100 on their account. This person says they do not know how this happened. This person's credit card data was stored on his Epic Games profile, though it is not clear if the breach took place there. Whatever the case, Epic refunded this person's money.
In a statement, Epic said it is aware of Fortnite accounts getting hacked using "well-known hacking techniques." Epic is working with affected players and will presumably offer refunds to players who can show their accounts were compromised. If you think you've been hacked, Epic says you should [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .
Additionally, it's a good idea to have two-factor authentication enabled on your account-- [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] . Epic's general Account Security page covers more of what you can do to keep your account safe such as never sharing passwords, use anti-virus software, and keep your PC up to date.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
The following 1 user thanked Brigand for this useful post:
hoot (03-12-2018)
#2. Posted:
Status: Offline
Joined: Jul 09, 20149Year Member
Posts: 3,313
Reputation Power: 1427
Status: Offline
Joined: Jul 09, 20149Year Member
Posts: 3,313
Reputation Power: 1427
People don't want to level up by themselves and it's sad.
Glad they are doing refunds.
Glad they are doing refunds.
- 0useful
- 0not useful
#3. Posted:
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 28, 201112Year Member
Posts: 3,569
Reputation Power: 584
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 28, 201112Year Member
Posts: 3,569
Reputation Power: 584
I wonder upon being refunded... if you keep the VBucks
- 0useful
- 0not useful
#4. Posted:
Status: Offline
Joined: Dec 21, 20158Year Member
Posts: 940
Reputation Power: 2933
Reversing wrote I wonder upon being refunded... if you keep the VBucks
Someone posted here a few days ago. You buy a load of vbucks and tell supoport it wasn't you. They refund you and you keep thr bucks. This is clearly what's happening here. lool. The user had thier posts taken down minutes after posting for encouraging fraud.
- 0useful
- 0not useful
You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.