By John Glenday

A half dozen prominent players of the popular Fifa franchise of videogames have been hit by hackers on YouTube who made off with millions of Fifa coins, the ingame currency, whilst wreaking havoc on teams by deleting key players.

Gamers going by the usernames AnesonGib, Bateson87,matthdgamerNepenthez, Nick28T, and W2S (who collectively reach 5m YouTube subscribers) after hackers managed to convince producer EA Sports to transfer their individual online accounts to email addresses under their control.

Commenting on the heist Nick28T said: “Basically, someone called in pretending to be me and… got in to my account.”

Once the fraudsters had gained access they immediately Read full story ›

Source: The Drum