Talking about karma! Fortnite cheats have unwittingly installed malware on their computers

Fortnite is one of the most popular games in the world – which inevitably means that some people are trying to cheat.

But as they say, what is happening is happening, and now it has been revealed that some of these cheats have

Rainway, who discovered the problem, revealed that a cheat software also had installed malicious adware on the computers of those who used it.

Up to now, it is estimated that more than 78,000 users have been affected.

Rainway discovered the attack after the company's engineering team had noticed a huge influx of reports of error in late June.

After investigating the reports, Rainway discovered that they were all linked to Fortnite cheating kits.

Cheat packages have installed adware, but have also created a 'man-in-the-middle' attack & # 39; – an attack that involves the insertion of an unknown third party in a bidirectional communication. 19659002] This third party can then intercept and read the data sent between the two parties and steal confidential information.

Rainway reported the software to its host, and it has now been removed.

A blog on the subject said, "Although it should be self-evident, I think you should not download random programs."

"An excellent personal security tip is that if something is too good to be true, you will probably need to reformat your PC.

" It's hard to simply prevent people from " 39; be malicious, but that does not mean it's hard to prevent the spread. "