As one of the biggest games in the world, Fortnite has long had its fair share of bad actors targeting it and its players. Epic Games has responded over the years by beefing up its safety and security capacities and investing in protective measures to ensure the stability of the game.
Recently, Epic took legal action against two individuals, a cheat seller and the perpetrator of a string of DDoS attacks against Fortnite creators. According to Epic’s comments on the matter, the DDoSer had been disrupting livestreams of Fortnite content, in addition to conducting “stream sniping” campaigns. The other person, meanwhile, had been selling and using permanent Fortnite bans.
We took legal action against two people who cheated and broke our rules:
One sold and used cheats and the other carried out cyber attacks on content creators who were livestreaming gameplay (aka: DDoS attacks). Both have been ordered to stop these activities and are banned from…— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) July 14, 2025
While Epic did not share exactly what type of legal action it took, both individuals have received bans from Fortnite and have posted public apologies on their YouTube channels. Their social media accounts have also been scrubbed of content.
