There's currently
a Down for Maintenance
message on the Epic Forums saying everything will be back "shortly."
GameInformer has a copy of an email Epic has sent out explaining that the
hax0rs are responsible, and when the forums return, everyone's password will be
reset as a security measure. Here's the announcement:
We have just
discovered that the Epic Games forums located at
https://forums.epicgames.com were
compromised by a hacker. We are sorry to report that the incident may have
resulted in unauthorized access to your username, email address, password, and
the date of birth you provided at registration.
We have taken https://forums.epicgames.com offline. When the site reopens, your
password will be reset. If you use the same password on this site which you use
on other sites, we recommend immediately changing your password on those sites
as well.
The affected forum site covers UDK, Infinity Blade, Gears of War, Bulletstorm,
and prior Unreal Tournament games. However, the separate forum sites covering
Unreal Engine 4, Fortnite, and the new Unreal Tournament were unaffected.
We apologize for the inconvenience this causes everyone. To further understand
what’s happened and prevent it in the future, we’re working with a computer
security firm to identify the nature of the compromise. We will report further
information on the forums when they reopen.
While the investigation into the security compromise is ongoing, we are reaching
out to you directly to let you know of the potential unauthorized access to
information you provided at registration. It is possible that any information
stored or sent by you using the forums may have been accessed. Since this is a
public forum, we do not collect or maintain financial information, but we advise
you to be alert for suspicious email such as phishing attempts.
Thank you for being a part of our community, and for your attention to this
issue.