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(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"45.113556338028\"><body readability=\"95.13637360228\"><\/p>\n<p>A court injunction in the long fight between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and Google could have \u201ccatastrophic results for the nation\u2019s security\u201d and \u201crisks creating massive cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the online ecosystem,\u201d a group of former top government officials said in a filing Monday.<\/p>\n<p>At issue, they wrote, is a district court injunction requiring Google to work with Epic Games to establish a technical committee on the Google Play Store. This committee would review disputes over the store\u2019s business practices and regulations. The former officials filed an amicus curiae brief siding with Google, which lost in the latest legal salvo, saying that any such committee would sorely lack the ability to mediate the myriad cybersecurity threats presented to users through the store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe district court and the Technical Committee are woefully ill-equipped to manage the complex, numerous, and dynamic cybersecurity threats to millions of Android users that will result from allowing countless new apps to flood the Google Play Store and third-party app stores,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, they contend, \u201cGoogle, with state-of-the-art cybersecurity practices and a trusted app ecosystem, is best positioned to manage those security risks, but the injunction would hamstring Google\u2019s ability to secure its platforms by requiring it to allow developers to provide links directly to users, to distribute third-party app stores, and to allow third-party app stores access to the Google Play Store catalog.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And \u201ceven one mis-clicked link or one nefarious downloaded app can have catastrophic results, allowing malicious actors to access Android devices and data,\u201d they contend.<\/p>\n<p>Signing onto the filing were Tatyana Bolton, former cyber policy lead at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Joel Brenner, former inspector general and senior counsel at the National Security Agency and counterintelligence head in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Paul Lekas, former deputy general counsel at the Defense Department; John Shanahan, former DoD director at the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; Joseph Anderson, a former Army official; Steven Bellovin, former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission; David Shedd, former deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a former National Security Council official; and Gene Tsudik, a computer science professor at the University of California, Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>The brief is tied to a ruling in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epic_Games_v._Google\">a 2020 case<\/a> where Epic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/717786\/google-emergency-stay-granted-ninth-circuit\">leveled allegations<\/a> of monopolistic practices against Google over in-app purchase fees. Epic Games has won antitrust rulings against Google, most recently on <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov\/datastore\/opinions\/2025\/07\/31\/24-6256.pdf\">July 31<\/a>. Google itself has been arguing that the rulings will raise privacy and security risks, <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.prod.website-files.com\/660ab0cd271a25abeb800460\/6839e32d93d6ae1796c8b60b_gov.uscourts.ca9.e2d27689-fc63-4b46-aa8e-dcf086bf9b65.55.1.pdf\">as have others<\/a> who are siding with Google on the debate.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Play Store is one of the most popular ad marketplaces in existence, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google\/howplayworks\/\">with the company claiming<\/a> it\u2019s used by more than 2.5 billion monthly users across 190 markets worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>It differs from its main competitor, Apple, by allowing users to download apps from third-party sources. In contrast, Apple\u2019s App Store operates within a closed ecosystem, strictly controlling the installation of apps and prohibiting third-party stores. Additionally, Google typically enforces a less stringent app review process compared to Apple\u2019s often rigorous approval standards, giving developers a faster and more accessible route to publishing their apps on Android devices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Due to the differences, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/google-play-store-malicious-apps-trend-micro\/\">malicious<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/ias-threat-lab-fraud-scheme-fake-android-apps\/\">fraudulent apps<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/facebook-malicious-apps-google-apple\/\">constantly found<\/a> on Google\u2019s store. <\/p>\n<p>The latest court ruling disputed the extent of any security woes that would arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough Google may decry the inconvenience of having to design \u2018new protocols\u2019 to address the security risks of carrying app stores, its own expert conceded that Google would be able to meet these difficulties with the same technological criteria it uses for other third-party software applications already on the Play Store,\u201d the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling reads.<\/p>\n<p>The officials who signed on to Monday\u2019s include those who have notable current or past industry ties; Bolton, for instance, worked for Google from 2022 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The potential interplays between monopolistic practices and cybersecurity have been <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/security-fears-over-antitrust-legislation-raise-looming-questions-about-a-federal-privacy-law\/\">a source of debate<\/a> amid the rise of U.S. tech giants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can read the brief below. <\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Otto contributed reporting to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/court-ruling-in-epic-google-fight-could-have-catastrophic-cyber-consequences-former-govt-officials-say-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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