FuboTV’s Outage Was the Result of Cybercriminals
On December 15th, 2022, sports-focused streaming service FuboTV released a statement via Business Wire regarding the outage customers experienced during the France vs. Morocco World Cup soccer game on December 14th. This game was being streamed on FuboTV’s platform, though customers reported at this time that they were having trouble accessing their accounts.
FuboTV quickly took to Twitter to apologize to users for this issue, describing it at the time as a “cyber related incident”.
Shortly after this, FuboTV discovered that the outage was caused by a cyberattack, not any kind of bandwidth issue on the part of the company.
FuboTV managed to contain the attack shortly after the issue arose, and is working on restoring users’ access to their FuboTV account as quickly as possible. In the BusinessWire statement, FuboTV told readers that it “deeply regret[s] the disruption caused by this incident in the meantime.”
FuboTV Has Not Gone Into Detail About the Attack
At the time of writing, FuboTV has not discussed the nature of the attack suffered on December 14th. We don’t know if this was a kind of denial-of-service attack, zero-day exploit, or another method.
We also don’t know if the cybercriminals responsible for this attack managed to get their hands on any valuable data, such as personal customer information.
It seems the investigation into this cybercrime is in its early stages. FuboTV has assured readers that it will provide more information as things progress.
FuboTV Is Investigating the Attack
FuboTV wrote in the aforementioned statement that it is currently investigating the attack to find out more about what happened. The company has teamed up with cybersecurity firm Mandiant to look more closely at this event and develop a response. FuboTV has also alerted law enforcement of the attack.
We may get updates from FuboTV regarding the incident in the near future as the investigation goes on.
Online Services Continue to Be Targeted by Cybercriminals
As time passes, we continue to see more and more well-known digital platforms falling victim to cyberattacks. This most recent incident with FuboTV is representative of how malicious actors leverage illicit methods to compromise online services and affect users.
