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Fortnite Twitter gets Hacked

Last updated: Oct 26, 2019 7:23 am UTC
By Haider Ali Khan
Fortnite Twitter Hacked

The official Fornite Twitter account had been hacked earlier today after the hacker left some funny tweets for Fornite fans. Although, its still unclear how hackers took over its Twitter account in the first place.

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According to reports, it appears that the hacker was also part of the Fortnite community. Its been a few hours now that Epic Games had gain access back to the twitter account. However, Epic Games hasn’t released any official statements regarding the hack.

Fortnite Twitter Hacked

As epic games gained access to their twitter account, they immediately removed all tweets made by the hacker. Here is the first tweet made by the hacker:

Fortnite Twitter hacked tweetThe hacker also tweeted his our Twitter profile, requesting Fortnite fans to follow him on @cal086. A screenshot of that tweet can be found below.

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Fortnite Twitter Hacked by cal086That being said, here are a few more tweets that the hacker made that were really weird.

Fortnite Twitter Hacked with a Haircut Tweet

Wyatt is cute Fortnite Hacked TweetAccording to Fortnite BR Leaks and News, the hacker may have gained access into an employees account that allowed him to take over Fortnites Twitter account via TweetDeck. Based on the screenshots we listed above, it does look like the hacker has used TweetDeck to publish those tweets.

Judging by the fact they were tweeting from TweetDeck, they probably got into some employees account that has access to it, as one account can have control over all others

Like me with @LucasIsYoshi

So TECHNICALLY someone hacked an employee, who had tweetdeck access. pic.twitter.com/YmiJRceqWV

— Lucas7yoshi – UEFN Fanboy (@Lucas7yoshi) April 3, 2019

It’s not clear whether Epic Games are to take any legal actions against the hack and whether they want to release any official statements regarding the hack. Since this story is still developing, we will update this article as soon as we receive new information about the hack or the hacker.

For the time being, let us know what you think in the comments below.

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