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Fortnite Players Apologize After Lifetime Bans for Cheating and Hacking

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Patricia Hernandez

10mo ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

Fortnite players face bans and legal action from Epic Games for cheating and hacking, leading to public apologies and punishments detailed on social media.

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Bring out the world’s smallest violins, because Fortnite ne’er-do-wells are having a tough time out there.
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.
Both a cheater and a hacker have both issued public statements as a part of their punishment in larger legal proceedings.
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A Fortnite cheater and DDoS exploiter have detailed punishments on social media following legal action from Epic Games.

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