'Irresponsible' Google Refused Fortnite's Request To Delay Vulnerability Disclosure To Score Cheap PR Points, Says Epic's Chief (bbc.com)

The leader of the firm behind the hit game Fortnite has accused Google of being "irresponsible" in the way it revealed a flaw affecting the Android version of the title. BBC, with additional input from Slashdot staff: On Friday, Google made public that hackers could hijack the game's installation software to load malware. The installer is needed because Epic Games has bypassed Google's app store to avoid giving it a cut of sales. Epic's chief executive said Google should have delayed sharing the news. "Android is an open platform. We released software for it. When Google identified a security flaw, we worked around the clock (literally) to fix it and release an update. The only irresponsible thing here is Google's rapid public release of technical details," he said. "We asked Google to hold the disclosure until the update was more widely installed," tweeted Tim Sweeney. "They refused, creating an unnecessary risk for Android users in order to score cheap PR points."

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Re:So what's the full story

[thaylin]

Google followed its own guidelines. Their guidelines are that they will release the details when the first of 2 things happens, either 90 days has expired OR a general availability patch has been released. The second happened, but Epic wanted google to violate its own guidelines for them.

Google is not to blame here.

[thaylin]

Google followed its own guidelines. Their guidelines are that they will release the details when the first of 2 things happens, either 90 days has expired OR a general availability patch has been released. The second happened, but Epic wanted google to violate its own guidelines for them.

The problems is in bypassing the play store they did open themselves up some and now they want google to change, not them.