Epic Games “Hacker” admits their hack was a scam

Epic Games confirms that they weren’t hacked by Mogilevich

Last week, a hacking group called “Mogilevich” claimed that they had hacked into Epic Games. The group had claimed that they had stolen around 200GB of data from the company, and were willing to sell the data to hackers for $15,000. Now, the group has confirmed that their hack of Epic Games was bluff, and a part of a larger scam.

As reported by Cyber Daily, Mogilevich faked their hacks of Epic Games and other companies to gain notoriety. The group then planned to sell fake ransomware infrastructure to other would-be hackers, scamming would-be scammers.

Epic Games has confirmed that no hack has taken place, stating below that “the group’s claims were never legitimate”. Epic Games Store users and Fortnite players can rest assured that their account information has not been compromised.

Our investigation has concluded. The group’s claims were never legitimate – this was a scam.

— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) March 4, 2024

A member of Mogilevich has claimed that the group has sold their fake ransomware tools to eight would-be scammers. They even claimed that they doubled their prices last-minute, gaining more income from their victims. In recent history, Mogilevich also claimed to have hacked the drone-maker DJI, and reportedly sold the faked data to a buyer for $85,000. This could be another lie from Mogilevich, but who knows at this point?

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