The official Fortnite Twitter has been hacked by crypto pumpers, fans should ignore any strange posts from the official account for a few hours.
The Fortnite Twitter account is normally home to announcements about the latest Fortnite esports, and in these waning days of a season a seemingly never-ending countdown. Today, it got a bit weirder though. The Fortnite Twitter was hacked by crypto bros.
In an all-too-common occurrence for major Twitter accounts, somebody has gotten access to Epic’s official FNCompetitive Fortnite Twitter. They’ve used it to promote a cryptocurrency scam of some sort, and not a particularly sophisticated one.
Fortnite Twitter Hacked by Crypto Bros
The Fortnite Twitter account has been hacked by crypto bros tonight! Rather than detailing a new event, something with the returned Trios, or yet more changes to the newly introduced Fortnite ranked mode, the twitter was instead engaging in trying to sell some crypto. Well, claiming to be selling some crypto.
While the Fortnite Twitter was hacked to advertise some crypto, it seemingly wasn’t trying to pump an actual coin. Instead, the hackers posted their own ETH address. They promised the release of some official coin and gave an address to send payment to. Even specifying a minimum of 0.05 ETH (currently worth about $93.35). The scam seemingly worked by implying a new coin would be sent in return.
Usually, these Twitter scams at least go through the trouble of actually minting a fake coin. After all, there’s basically nothing stopping people from making fake Fortnite coins given the lack of regulation in crypto. It’s not something Epic Games is involved with, but for someone willing to hack the Fortnite Twitter it doesn’t seem like too big a jump. However, this particular scammer apparently wanted to cut out the middleman. Just appealing for the crypto to be sent wholesale! Where it presumably could be cashed out.
Hopefully, no players fell for the Fortnite Twitter hack and actually handed over crypto. It stands to reason that this would have little success though. Most familiar enough with crypto to have ETH just standing by would probably be familiar enough to know not to send random addresses ETH in the hope you get sent something in return.