Security News > 2022 > January > EA: 50 high-profile FIFA 22 accounts taken over by phishing actors
Electronic Arts has published an official response to numerous reports about hacked player accounts, confirming the problem and attributing it to phishing actors.
As the notice explains, hackers used social engineering against EA's customer experience team to bypass two-factor authentication and take over 50 player accounts.
All EA Advisors and individuals who assist with service of EA Accounts are receiving individualized re-training and additional team training, with a specific emphasis on account security practices and the phishing techniques used in this particular instance.
The above changes will inevitably make customer service more cumbersome and slow, but they will improve account security, something that the FIFA community has been complaining about for years.
The accounts that were targeted by the phishing actors include those of real footballers like Valentin Rosier, professional streamers, and in-game currency traders.
It is also worth noting that Bleeping Computer has seen reports of lower-tier FIFA 22 accounts having been hacked recently, so the number of accounts taken over by phishing actors may be much greater than 50.