Fortnite developer Epic Games leaked a free $10 for securing account - CNET

Epic Games accidentally leaked an incentive for players to secure their accounts to help quell the predatory hackers.

Fortnite players who logged in on Monday and checked out the news section saw a $10 incentive for the Epic Games Store, the developer's games PC storefront, for securing their account with two-factor authentication. The message about the free credit was then removed, but some players were able to take a screenshot of it.

Last August, Epic pushed two-factor authentication in Fortnite by giving away a free emote to players activating the feature.

Scams are the norm of any immensely popular game. Fortnite scammers use a variety of techniques to obtain players' financial info from fake download links to using security flaws in the game itself. Hackers even went so far to target Fortnite cheaters with links infected with malware.

Epic launched its own storefront last December. The Epic Games Store stirred controversy early in 2019 when the company began securing exclusives to PC version of games such as Metro Exodus and Tom Clancy's The Division 2.

Epic didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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