Epic Games Announces Improvement to Fortnite Account Security Along with Fortnite\u2019s V5.3 update, Epic Games has announced an improvement to the game\u2019s account security for players. Fortnite\u2019s V5.3 update includes a slew of additions and improvements \u2013 as well as a security update. In order to better protect players, Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite team has made multiple improvements to the game\u2019s security in regards to user accounts. The team announced an initiative to support offline authenticators, such as Google and Microsoft Authenticator. According to their post, this addition will help security go beyond their regular two-factor authentication, and could include methods like one-click approval or SMS codes to support smartphone users in the near future. Alongside this improvement came a fix concerning \u2018credential stuffing.\u2019 Credential stuffing occurs when users\u2019 passwords are the same for multiple accounts, which can end up in what is known as a password dump. Hackers can then use information found in these dumps to break into players\u2019 accounts. To combat this, the Fortnite team is now carrying out a multi-layered defense protocol meant to protect users from these virtual dumpster divers. Their security squad now regularly searches for new dumps and uses an automated system to discern possible threats to unprotected accounts. If a password match is found within a dump, users will receive a password reset prompt, allowing them to change their account information before a hacker can take advantage of the match. Finally, the team stated that they are revising players\u2019 security notifications to avoid email overload. They expressed a desire to focus on unusual login patterns by increasing two-factor authentication, as well as improving their account recovery process. That\u2019s not all \u2013 users who enable two-factor authentication get a fun bonus. Upon enabling this tool, players will receive the Boogiedown Winners\u2019 emote at no cost as a perk for protecting their account. That\u2019s something to dance about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games Announces Improvement to Fortnite Account Security Along with Fortnite\u2019s V5.3 update, Epic Games has announced an improvement to the game\u2019s account security for players. Fortnite\u2019s V5.3 update includes a slew of additions and improvements \u2013 as well as a security update. In order to better protect players, Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite team has made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}