Don’t worry LEGO Fortnite players, Epic Games wasn’t really hacked

It’s now been confirmed that the Epic Games ‘hack’ was nothing more than a hoax, by the very same group who first claimed it.

Following reports at the end of last month that LEGO Fortnite developer Epic Games had been hacked that the company refuted, the group in question has now admitted that the entire thing was a hoax. The group, known as Mogilievich, has described themselves as ‘professional fraudsters’ and confessed it was merely looking for a sum of money. The admission came via a link claiming to be leaking Epic Games’ data but actually to the reveal of the faux ransomware attack.

Speaking to Cyber Daily, a spokesperson for Mogilievich said: “You may be wondering why all this [happened], and now I’m going to explain everything you need. In reality, we are not a ransomware-as-a-service, but professional fraudsters.

“None of the databases listed in our blog were as true as you might have discovered recently. We took advantage of big names to gain visibility as quickly as possible, but not to [get] fame and receive approval, but to build meticulously our new trafficking of victims to scam.”

In the past, other similar scams have worked out in the con-group’s favour, with Mogilievich claiming to hack the network of drone-maker DJI and, from that, tricking a buyer into paying $85,000 (£67,000).

All that is to say, if you’re an Epic Games user, you can trust the game developer’s original claims that no data was breached. Epic was quick to reassure users at the time that there was “zero evidence that these claims are legitimate”.

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