Hackers who claimed to have infiltrated Epic Games claimed that they had 200 GB of data, including source codes and payment information. Epic made a statement on the subject.
We see that companies are frequently targeted by cyber attacks. In recent years, attacks called ransomware attacks have hurt many companies. And now To Epic Games stated to belong to 189 GB of data It was claimed that it was leaked. This data includes data such as user information, source codes, payment information and names.
Cyber Daily’s According to the news, Mogilevich The hacker group called has announced that they have made a major leak from Fortnite and Epic Games Store with their statement on darknet sites. “We carried out a silent attack on Epic Games’ servers.” The hackers claimed that the data they had included e-mail addresses, passwords, full names, payment information, source code and many other information. While the allegations were trending on social media, the first statement came from Epic.
UPDATE: Epic Games announced that it was investigating the issue but could not find any evidence that data was stolen.
The first statement came from Epic Games a few hours after the hack incident emerged. The company said in a statement sent to gaming media news sites that they were investigating the group’s claims. but so far there is no confirmation that it is true they couldn’t find the evidence transferred. So there is a possibility that the attack is not real.
The pirates were said to be waiting for payment
After the Epic Games attack, the hacker group It is for sale to Epic Games he said. On the other hand, no sharing was made regarding the authenticity of the leaked data. It is currently unknown what the attackers, who gave Epic a deadline of March 4, will do with the data after this date.
A relatively new team of attackers, Moglievich has previously been part of Nissan’s offshoots. Infiniti USA He had hacked it. Epic Games became the team’s fourth target. Epic Games has not yet made a statement on the issue. Let’s see what step Epic Games will take at the end of this process and if the leak is real, what path the hackers will follow in case of non-payment.
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