A Fortnite cheater and DDoS exploiter have detailed punishments on social media following legal action from Epic Games.
Bring out the world’s smallest violins, because Fortnite ne’er-do-wells are having a tough time out there. The last couple of years have seen Epic Games ramp up efforts against players who break their rules, often in extremely public ways. This time, both a cheater and a hacker have both issued public statements as a part of their punishment in larger legal proceedings.
In a social media post, Epic Games says that it has taken legal action against two parties: one who sold cheats, and another who digitally attacked live streamers as they were playing Fortnite. Beyond being banned forever from the plucky battle royale game, both of these players have had to issue public statements on YouTube that acknowledge their transgressions.
The ex-Fortnite player responsible for the denial of service attacks, which overwhelm a target with internet traffic until they are incapable of moving freely, goes under the handle Zebsi. Though Zebsi only has a little over 2,000 followers on the platform as of this writing, they still published a text-heavy video where they say that they “regret my actions.
