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A glitch on the FIFA 20 Global Series registration page exposed thousands of players’ personal information, and Electronic Arts has taken down the site while it investigates what caused the breach (via Dexerto).
Yesterday, EA began registrations for this season’s FIFA Global Series, the competitive side to the game that lets players qualify for the FIFA eWorld Cup. The registration link was supplied to players but it appeared that something had gone wrong with the sign up. When loaded, the page would show the registration information of other FIFA 20 players instead of blank fields. As such, the personal information of thousands of FIFA players, pros and streamers were visible, and people were unsure how many people had seen the details and whether they had been shared widely.
My friend got a big pull in the Data Breach pack, Hashtag's own Algerian Arrow, @YaniOurabah.
We'll send you a birthday card.
What a mess. pic.twitter.com/IYMT1ieq4g
— George Hughes (@GeorgeHughes) October 3, 2019
Usernames, country of residence, email addresses and dates of birth were shown to players, and the community were quick to alert others to the leak. Pros and influencers such as Yani Ourabah, Joey Calabro, and Kurt Fenech were affected, with Fenech voicing his upset at the leak of his personal information.
I am suing
— Kurt (@Kurt0411Fifa) October 3, 2019
‘We're aware of a potential issue affecting the registration page for the EA SPORTS FIFA 20 Global Series that went live earlier today,’ EA said. The page has been removed while EA investigates the fault that caused the breach, and will relay information to affected parties as soon as possible.
