EA confirms FIFA Ultimate Team trader accounts hacked
- Electronic Arts (EA) has confirmed several FIFA Ultimate Team trader accounts have been hacked using phishing techniques.
- Several high-profile traders had their accounts hacked and cleared of FIFA points and coins worth thousands.
- EA has released a statement, confirming that individuals were able to exploit human error within their customer experience team and bypass two-factor authentication to gain access.
- EA is implementing additional training for advisers, more steps for account ownership verification process, and updating customer experience software.
- Full story, here.
YouTube is a major conduit of fake news
- According to a global coalition of factchecking organisations, YouTube is a major conduit of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide.
- The coalition claims that YouTube is not doing enough to tackle the spread of falsehoods on its platform.
- A letter signed by more than 80 groups including Full Fact in the UK reports that the platform is hosting content by groups which spread COVID-19 misinformation.
- For more information on misinformation, check out our blog post.
- Full story, here.
Among Us VR release date is rumoured
- Among Us VR was announced in December 2021.
- The game has players assume the role of crewmates to do tasks or the role of secret imposter, aiming to eliminate the crewmates.
- Recent rumours suggest that the VR adaptation of the popular game will come in 2022.
- There is no official release date confirmed by developer Innersloth just yet.
- For more information on Among Us, check out our blog post.
- Full story, here.
Councils must be ‘pushy parent’ for youngsters in care
- The children’s commissioner claims that local authorities should act as “pushy parents” for children in care.
- Local authorities may even act to take children to school in areas of gang activity.
- Dame Rachel de Souza says that numbers of children in care are unacceptable and “we need all those children in education”.
- Local authorities need to ensure that children get in the right schools “…they have a right to be there”.
- She had recently visited a children’s home where some girls were not attending school due to risk of being targeted by gangs.
- Full story, here.
Former ‘superhead’ cleared by inquiry over child protection
- Former Castlebrae ‘superhead’ Derek Curran who was accused of failures over child protection is free to return to teaching, an inquiry has ruled.
- A panel cleared him of alleged failures to take appropriate action on reports of historic child abuse.
- A former pupil claimed she had a sexual relationship with him at 15 and later had his child after turning 18.
- During the inquiry, the lawyers said that a lab letter with DNA evidence was forged.
- The General Teaching Council for Scotland hearing also cleared him over the alleged failure to provide progress claims of sexual harassment by the same young woman.
- Full story, here.