Epic Games, developer of the game Fortnite, quietly removed a vulnerability in its infrastructure that allowed hackers to access user accounts with incredible ease.
The vulnerability was detected by researchers its security Israeli company Security Check Point, which cited the issue privately in Epic Games last year.
"We reported the vulnerability in early November, and by the end of November it had been fixed," said Oded Vanunu, a Check Point researcher at ZDNet.
Vulnerability was in fact a combination of many errors in different parts of the company's infrastructure and some were not related to Fortnite.
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To carry out a successful attack the users θα έπρεπε να κάνουν κλικ σε έναν κακόβουλο σύνδεσμο σύνδεσης με την Epic Games. Φυσικά η ευπάθεια έκανε θραύση στα παιδιά, που σαν χρήστες με λιγότερη εμπειρία δεν μπορούσαν να εντοπίσουν τις επικίνδυνες παραμέτρους που περιείχε το link.
“It wasn't an advanced attack at all, and it was very simple to execute on backgroundVanunu said. "Login Token theft is one of the most emerging attack methods."
Of course, Fortnite's accounts are all at risk. Since June of 2018, it has been reported that over nine million accounts of this game have been hacked by hackers.
Why this game? Originally because it's popular.
On the other hand, Fortnite's V-Bucks are known to be used to launder (real) money from cybercriminals. And it's not just cyber criminals chasing the V-Bucks. Teens go into the process of hacking bills by stealing one another.
In many cases, hackers do not mind Fortnite's accounts, as they only want players' money.
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