Epic's battle against cheaters is going to the courtroom

Epic Is Suing Fortnite Cheat-Makers And Distributors

Epic's battle against cheaters is going to the courtroom

The lawsuit also involves five unnamed people who are accused of reselling the Vanta cheat software for roughly the same prices, using Discord, Telegram, and various webpages to market and sell the cheats. The lawsuit claims that one of the defendants even impersonated an Epic employee to get their promotional YouTube videos re-listed after a DMCA claim from the company took them down.

"Epic does not tolerate cheating and bans the use of cheat software in Fortnite," the lawsuit says, adding that Sincey Cheats constantly updated the Vanta cheat software to get around Fortnite's anti-cheat measures, and subsequently advertised the software as "undetected."

Epic is asking the defendants to turn over all materials related to the cheating software, including all domain names associated with selling Vanta. The company is also seeking damages and restitution, as well as legal fees.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG