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Epic Games ‘hackers’ admit threat of leak was phony


The "hacker" group that claimed to have breached Epic Games now says it was an elaborate con, and Epic says there was no legitimate threat.

Last week, a ransomware group claimed to have made off with 200GB of unspecified data from Epic Games, with the presumption being that it planned to extort money from the company. In both of those cases, the data stolen, which included confidential employee information and unreleased game footage, was revealed to the public with damaging effects. VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative enterprise technology and transact.

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