Countless online games have been victimized by fraudulent accounts since multiplayer gaming made the jump to the internet and that's no different with The Division 2, which has experienced an influx of these accounts due to the Epic Games Store.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has officially apologized to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot about The Division 2 fraud accounts surpassing 70% on the Epic Games Store due to sophisticated hacking. This information recently surfaced due to the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic in which an email thread between Epic and Ubisoft was leaked.

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This email thread showed that the hackers were utilizing what's being called a "Clawback" loophole to profit off of Uplay integration. This Clawback loophole allowed the Epic Games Store hackers to sell disabled Epic accounts that continued to have access to purchased Ubisoft titles through Uplay integration.  These fake accounts kept access to Uplay titles through the Epic Games Store despite being disabled on the platform due to the games remaining playable through the integrated Uplay platform.

"In the past 48 hours, the rate of fraudulent transactions on Division 2 surpassed 70%, and was approaching 90%," said Tim Sweeney in the recently leaked email thread. "Sophisticated hackers were creating Epic accounts, buying Ubisoft games with stolen credit cards, and then selling the linked Uplay accounts faster than we were disabling linked Uplay purchases for fraud. Fraud rates for other Epic Games store titles are under 2% and Fortnite is under 1%. So 70% fraud was an extraordinary situation."

The rate at which these fraudulent accounts were creating Epic accounts, buying Ubisoft titles with stolen credit cards, and selling the linked Uplay accounts exceeded Epic's rate at disabling these accounts. The number of fraudulent accounts nearly hit 90% which caused Epic Games to halt the purchase of The Division 2, Anno 1800, and eventually all Ubisoft games through the Epic Games Store. Part of the problem that caused this Epic Games Store fraud is apparently due to poor account security according to Epic's Scott Adams.

Fraud rates on most Epic Games Store titles are around one to two percent according to Epic Games, so the increase in fraudulent Ubisoft titles was "an extraordinary situation." While Epic had disabled the purchasing of Ubisoft titles at the time, it wasn't long before the option was restored and the problem was presumably fixed.

Epic Games Store account re-selling has been a viable option for gamers in the community who are looking to sell their gaming collection, but this fraudulent yet sophisticated hacking caused a ripple in the community at the time. Back in May of last year, the official Epic Games Store Twitter account let its followers know about issues regarding Uplay integration. Thanks to this leaked email thread between Epic and Ubisoft, fans now know what was causing the issues.

While it's no surprise to see hackers utilizing a loophole on a platform, it may have inspired the Epic Games Store to improve its security. Fans of Ubisoft are once again able to purchase Ubisoft games through the Epic Games Store, presumably showing that this Clawback loophole was fixed in the year that has passed.

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Source: PC Gamer