"We were made aware of the vulnerabilities and they were soon addressed," the spokesperson said. In a response to Newsweek, an Epic Games representative espoused the team's commitment to security. Enforcing two-factor authentication could mitigate this account takeover vulnerability."Įnable two-factor authentication to ensure your 'Fortnite' account is secure. These platforms are being increasingly targeted by hackers because of the huge amounts of sensitive customer data they hold.
"Together with the vulnerabilities we recently found in the platforms used by drone manufacturer DJI, show how susceptible cloud applications are to attacks and breaches. These flaws provided the ability for a massive invasion of privacy," said Oded Vanunu, head of products vulnerability research for Check Point in a press release. " Fortnite is one of the most popular games played mainly by kids. Unlike the countless V-Buck scams that target users by masking phishing links as fake login pages, this one would not have required any sort of password entry. If leveraged, all a player would have to do is click on a specially crafted phishing link to instantly expose the data. In its analysis, Check Point discovered three flaws in Epic's domains that could have been manipulated for nefarious purposes. If leveraged, it would give third-parties full access to user account details, payment information and even in-game chat audio. The vulnerability, first discovered in November and patched by developers at Epic Games, could have been devastating. Fortnite boasts more than 200 million active players, and a recent exploit found by Check Point Software Technologies could have put all of them at risk.
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