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Millions of Fortnite gamers in the US can now claim their small part of the $US245 million the video game’s parent company, Epic Games, agreed to pay as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Australian Com Pet ition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it is keeping an eye on developments and considering a settlement in Australia, and one legal expert explained how that might be possible. Epic Game s settled allegations with the FTC in December over the use of deceptive tactics that drove users to make unwanted purchases in the multiplayer shooter Game that became wildly popular with younger generations a few years ago. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Users were charged in-game currency for items they didn’t want between January 2017 and September 2022, and users’ accounts were locked between January 2017 and September 2022 after they complained to their credit card companies about wrongful charges. Gamers who exp...

More than 400 million Twitter users may have had their personal details stolen and put up for sale online in a major cyber attack . A cyber crook claims to be selling the stolen data of hundreds of millions of users including celebrities, businesses and government organisations on an online hacking forum. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman reveals Apple gift card scam. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The author of the post shared two samples of supposedly stolen data, with former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison among the users they claim are affected. The user profiles up for sale contain public and private Twitter data, including people’s email addresses, names, usernames and phone numbers. A system vulnerability last year allowed the data to be stolen before the issue was fixed in early 2022, the hacker claims . A cyber crook claims to be selling the stolen data of hundreds of millions of users including celebrities, businesses and go...