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Fortnite maker suing prolific thief who stole and sold player accounts on an industrial scale
Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing a player accused of stealing and selling countless user accounts, and profiting furt…
Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing a player accused of stealing and selling countless user accounts, and profiting further by flogging details of his tactics to other wannabe thieves. Epic Games detected Strock on multiple occasions trying to bamboozle its player support with requests to change log-in details and gain access to accounts with valuable cosmetics or that had already been pre-loaded with Fortnite in-game currency. Strock also used email and password combinations acquired in data breaches via the dark web to further add to his stolen account haul, the legal filing states.
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