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The "Vucks Bucks" used in the Fortnite become a tool for hackers specialized in credit card theft.
] But how does the crime? S get the information of a person card, these hackers open an account on Fortnite.For those who do not know, Fortnite is a free game – and their main source of income is l & rsquo; Purchase and sale of additional items for the game's characters.
After creating é profile, use the card to buy a lot of items. . From there, they illegally sell the "character" on eBay or Deepweb. If the transactions were made within the limits required by the game, the "exchange" would be $ 10 (about $ 15) per 1,000 V-dollars. In other sources, the value is well below that, attracting buyers from different places – who can not imagine the source of the money.
It is unclear how many criminals can profit from the sale, but Sixgill found that more than $ 250,000 (nearly $ 250,000) had been sold. 1 million) on Fortnite items by eBay in two months last year. Epic Games, the developer of the game, claims that this type of transaction is illegal.
"Criminals cheat with cards and make money with Fortnite with impunity," said Benjamin Preminger, a Sixgill badysis.
