Court Exhibit·15 AUG 2018
When You Find a Rival's Bug, Slow Down Before You Act
A security vulnerability in a competitor's product is also a political and legal grenade — handle it before you pull the pin.
Source document — In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation (Epic v. Google) — Exhibit 761 · In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation (Epic v. Google) · 3:21-md-02981 (CAND), Doc. 886-55, filed 2023-12-21 (page 1)
Excerpt · In Edward Cunningham & Sameer Samat & Jason Woloz & Jamie Rosenberg & Benjamin Poiesz & Mike Hochberg & Tian Lim & Dave Kleidermacher & Sebastian Porst & Hiroshi Lockheimer's own words
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, Edward Cunningham wrote: I took a deeper look on Friday and discovered a vulnerability in the Fortnite Installer (and Galaxy Apps private installer API) which allows a malicious app to install a fake version of Fortnite with arbitrary permissions auto-granted.
Jamie Rosenberg responded: Very interesting...and concerning. I'll set up a meeting for a few of us today to discuss. We're setting up an internal discussion for this morning to discuss next steps — lots of pieces to coordinate (PR, partners, Epic, etc.), so pls continue to investigate but hold off on any actions/comms until we have a chance to meet.
On Aug 15, 2018, Edward Cunningham clarified: The bug is not public. It is in the public issue tracker so could be made public (hence the big yellow warning). It is in a new restricted component, so only those directly CC'd can see it (i.e. restricted to Epic Games). We won't make public until they fix.
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- Court Exhibit
- Case / record
- In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation (Epic v. Google)
- Citation
- 3:21-md-02981 (CAND), Doc. 886-55, filed 2023-12-21
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- August 15, 2018
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