Fortnite game hackers earning over Rs 8.7 crore a year

New Delhi: The popular mobile game Fortnite, currently in a legal battle between its developer Epic Games and Apple, is a gold mine for hackers as cyber criminals are selling stolen accounts and in-game ‘skins for roughly $1.2 million (about Rs 8.7 crore) per year.

The hackers first collect few thousand stolen Fortnite accounts together and auction in private Telegram channels selling from anywhere between $10,000 and $40,000 per log.