Friday, 24 March, 2023

Cybercriminals using Fortnite to earn Rs 8.7 crore yearly

<p>Fortnite hackers are selling stolen accounts and in-game &lsquo;skins for roughly $1.2M (about Rs 8.7 cr) per year. Lower-end sellers earn an average of $60K per year. Hackers collect a few thousand stolen Fortnite accounts together and auction in private Telegram channels selling anywhere between $10K - $40K per log. Firms make efforts to stop these by limiting the number of logins per IP address but have not been successful in slowing down this underground economy.</p>