The ransomware group admits that 'hacking' Epic Games was a hoax.

According to VGC , the ransomware hacking group that recently claimed to have attacked Epic Games has admitted it was just a hoax.

Last week, a hacking group called Mogilevich posted information on a dark web site specializing in leaked data, claiming to have committed a data breach against the company behind Fortnite and the Epic Games Store. The group stated they stole a large amount of data, including emails, passwords, full names, payment information, source code, and more, totaling 189GB.

Epic Games was not hacked, the hackers have confirmed.

However, unlike the infamous Rhysida hacking group's attack on Insomniac Games in late 2023, Mogilevich did not provide any concrete evidence that they had actually breached Epic Games' systems.

Epic later stated they were investigating, but there was no evidence to support these claims. Now, according to a report by Cyber ​​Daily, Mogilevich has admitted that they did not possess any Epic Games data and were carrying out another scam.

Accordingly, instead of trying to sell Epic's internal data, Mogilevich said they were trying to sell their fake ransomware infrastructure to other potential attackers. The group claimed that instead of trying to sell illegally collected data, they were trying to scam other cybercriminals for money.

"Why confess all of this when we could have just run away?", group member Pongo questioned in a statement. "This was done to illustrate our deceptive tactics. We don't consider ourselves hackers, but rather criminal geniuses."

Cyber ​​Daily suggests that these justifications may also be untrue, so it remains unclear what the group is trying to achieve. However, Epic's internal data was not actually compromised by this group.

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