A group that claimed to have hacked Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, has admitted that their claims were false and the supposed breach was a hoax aimed at defrauding actual hackers. This revelation came after the group, initially posing as a ransomware gang, announced they had infiltrated Epic Games' systems. Epic Games later confirmed that the allegations were part of a scam, with no actual data breach occurring.
The group that claimed it stole data from Epic admits it didn't happen, Epic says the whole thing was "a scam." https://t.co/tMdPrzu7Yl
The alleged Epic Games hack was revealed today to be fake, allegedly part of a scam https://t.co/8n7pyQzAGs
Fake Ransomware Gang Admits It Made Up Epic Games Hack https://t.co/gu9ydRv6ah https://t.co/XLlGVuT5bf
Epic Games Hackers Say They Faked The Whole Thing https://t.co/B6eUwo5Xwh
The so-called ransomware group that recently claimed to have hacked Epic Games has admitted it was a hoax. https://t.co/5u16I52nTh https://t.co/2POXkTvYrT
A fake ransomware gang has said it lied when it claimed to have hacked Fortnite maker Epic Games. https://t.co/CS3pSMmPGd https://t.co/1MopWgspcW
Group which claimed Epic Games hack admits they lied, and the alleged breach was an attempt at fraud https://t.co/Xhsqr1QCOC https://t.co/cKRKeYMPEu
Group which claimed Epic Games hack admits they lied, and the breach was an attempt at fraud https://t.co/Xhsqr1QCOC https://t.co/7hbXEbeGQO
Epic Games Hackers Say They Faked The Whole Thing The alleged Epic Games hackers now say that they faked the whole thing to scam actual hackers. https://t.co/hFeEUEA8yp
Epic Games allegedly hacked by ransomware gang https://t.co/QU1fV5db5v via @computing_news