Epic Games is under attack after a ruthless hacking collective known as the Mogilevich gang claimed to infiltrate the company’s servers. We’re talking nearly 200GB of sensitive internal data possibly compromised, including source code and personal employee info.
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Epic Games Hacked!
This shadowy group of cyber criminals popped up on the dark web overnight flaunting their explosive score. According to the leaked statement, Mogilevich covertly slipped past Epic games’s security to quietly pull off this massive data extraction across multiple games and platforms. We’re talking the crown jewels here, people!
Right now, the stolen data trove allegedly containing juicy deets like passwords and payment information is listed for sale on the gang’s private site, with an ominous March 4th deadline. After that, who knows what these digital bandits plan to do!
Meanwhile Epic Games is scrambling to investigate the claims and reach out to Mogilevich for that crucial proof-of-hack confirmation. But so far radio silence on their end. The plot thickens…
Of course the game biz giant vigorously denies any breach valid enough to shake gamers’ confidence. But that isn’t deterring the brash new Mogilevich thugs from ramping up threats to claw their way to legitimacy (and some cold hard crypto).
Seems these relative ransomware rookies are on a mission to make an example of iconic Epic Games by strong-arming them into paying out. But at only their fourth target after emerging just last week, do they really have the chops to follow through?
While the Fortnite empire asserts business as usual until proven otherwise, one thing’s guaranteed: cybersecurity teams are kicking into overdrive scanning for signs of infiltration across every facet of company operations. Let’s hope they find the gang’s claims about as legit as a noob Fortnite player trying to score their first Victory Royale.
