Millions of Fortnite Users Were Vulnerable to Hacking, Researchers Say

Epic Games confirmed that it had patched the bug

Millions of players of the hit online game Fortnite may have been vulnerable to a security breach that gave hackers access into user accounts, security researchers said on Wednesday.

A bug in the game’s log-in system allowed attackers to gain access to unsuspecting users’ accounts if they clicked a phishing link sent in a message on the platform, researchers for the information security company Check Point Research said this week. If players clicked the link, attackers would have been able to access account log-in credentials, which could then be used to gain access to user accounts.

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