In short, as put by Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney in a social media post, "It’s Discord bots going bad." Though, the full answer is a bit more detailed.

Fortnite players know that lobbies aren’t entirely human. Some enemies have such stilted movement or perish in such deeply silly ways that the only logical conclusion is that you’re fighting a bot.

The makers of the Fortnite online multiplayer game have filed a federal lawsuit against two Dearborn residents, claiming the Michigan men used thousands of fake "bot" accounts to boost their earnings ...

Two Michigan men are accused of using bots in the popular video game Fortnite to make money by faking traffic to content they created. Fortnite creator Epic Games filed a lawsuit Oct. 7 against Ayob ...