Epic responds to concerns over leaked Fortnite player logins Epic Games \/ Unsplash: Markus SpiskeFortnite players have made big claims that Epic is leaking player logins through the battle royale\u2019s in-game leaderboard. However, the developer has insisted the system is safe, and there\u2019s been no evidence of hacked accounts through it. Security scares are no joke, and while developers do their best to keep them underwraps, they can sometimes appear where you least expect them. That\u2019s what Fortnite pro Jonathan \u2018Yung Calculator\u2019 Weber was claiming after being mysteriously logged out of his account. The Built By Gamers player claimed Fortnite\u2019s in-game leaderboards were leaking players\u2019 private information, including email addresses. People could then use these emails to either try and brute force hack accounts, or reset passwords and kick players out of the game. \u201cGuys, Epic Games\u2019 infrastructure is so dogmeat that if you don\u2019t have this turned off, people can find your email,\u201d he said. https:\/\/twitter.com\/yungcalc\/status\/1352427457614389248 \u201cThat\u2019s kind of bad on its own, but then if they have your email, they can send password resets to your account. That\u2019s fine normally \u2014 on Twitter, it means nothing normally \u2014 but on Epic Games, it logs you out in-game.\u201d \u201cThis has happened to Clix, Nick Eh 30, Nate Hill \u2014 everyone. Epic Games has no idea what they\u2019re doing. Their infrastructure is garbage. They need to change it \u2014 it\u2019s disgraceful.\u201d Read More: How to unlock the Predator skin & cosmetics – However, people aren\u2019t sold on Yung\u2019s story. Fortnite dataminer \u2018FNBRUnreleased\u2019 has stated that it\u2019s impossible. Epic\u2019s API doesn\u2019t allow for the sharing of information like Yung and others think. \u201cIt is not possible to view the email of another person\u2019s Epic [account]. Epic\u2019s API does not work like that. I\u2019ve been seeing this rumor from [Yung Calculator] spreading false information,\u201d they claimed. https:\/\/twitter.com\/FNBRUnreleased\/status\/1352449938207158274 FNBRUnreleased\u2019s standpoint has been backed up by Epic. The developer published a statement in response to Yung\u2019s claims, saying leaderboards do not leak any players\u2019 secure information. \u201cWe investigated reports that leaderboards were divulging non-public information or causing unauthorized logouts. This is not the case. \u201cWe are certain that affected accounts remain secure, player info (incl. email addresses) isn\u2019t being divulged & any logout issue is resolved.\u201d We investigated reports that leaderboards were divulging non-public information or causing unauthorized logouts. This is not the case. We are certain that affected accounts remain secure, player info (incl. email addresses) isn’t being divulged & any logout issue is resolved. \u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) January 22, 2021 For now, players should just always make sure their passwords are strong to best protect against any leak. Plus, turn on two-factor authentication if you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic responds to concerns over leaked Fortnite player logins Epic Games \/ Unsplash: Markus SpiskeFortnite players have made big claims that Epic is leaking player logins through the battle royale\u2019s in-game leaderboard. However, the developer has insisted the system is safe, and there\u2019s been no evidence of hacked accounts through it. Security scares are no […]<\/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-72199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199","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=72199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}