Initial 'Fortnite' Android installer let hackers install malware

[Joystiq]

When Epic said it would

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with

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, it raised eyebrows among security experts. Wasn't it creating risks by encouraging gamers (some of whom didn't understand the potential dangers) to install non-Store apps? Well, it did... although not quite in the way you might have expected. Epic Games has

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a Google-discovered

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in Fortnite's original Android installer that would have let intruders download and install malware. The exploit used a

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that took advantage of Epic's initially flawed storage handling to intercept download requests and load nefarious content.

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