Epic Games hacker isn't a hacker, at all

Describe themselves as 'criminal geniuses'

Tom Allen
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Epic Games hacker isn't a hacker, at all

The 'ransomware' gang that allegedly breached Epic Games last month now says it's not a ransomware group, at all.

Mogilevich, which claimed to have breached Fortnite maker Epic Games last month, was due to release the stolen data this week. However, clicking the link to view what was meant to be a trove of per...

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