Google found that the Fortnite installer could load malicious apps on an Android phone

Back on August 15th, Google needed to get in touch with Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite. A serious flaw was discovered with the Fortnite installer for Android that required a patch to be sent out stat. How serious an issue was this? Consider that with the Fortnite installer loaded on an Android handset, a malicioius app could be installed on the device at the direction of a hacker.

Google even provided Epic with a video that showed Fortnite installed on a Samsung handset using the Fortnite installer. When the game was opened, a malicious app would launch instead ...

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