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Gamers, gear up for an epic plot twist! The “hack” on Epic Games? More like an epic fail! Turns out, the ransomware rogues demanding $15K were just pulling a fast one. Spoiler alert: they didn’t have the data. Epic’s response? Game on, we’re investigating. In…

Hot Take:
Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts because the high-stakes drama of cybersecurity just took a nosedive into the land of make-believe. Our latest episode features the mischievous Mogilevich group, who fancies themselves the Houdinis of cyber scams, attempting to shake down Epic Games with the cyber equivalent of a whoopee cushion. Spoiler alert: they had as much incriminating data as my fridge has diet food – that is, none at all. But hey, in a world where 'fake it till you make it' is the new black, these con artists just wanted to add a little flair to their non-existent hacking careers.