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Chaos at EA after hacker attack – server problems overcome?

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FIFA gamers had to wait a full 16 hours before they could gamble again after a hacker attack on the EA Sports server. However, the joy was short-lived because after the problem appeared to be resolved, there was another server failure at Electronic Arts. With us you stay up to date.

UPDATE April 15, 12 p.m .:

After the renewed server problems around 9:30 a.m., the first gamers report that they can start the online services at FIFA 20 again at 12 noon. Earlier, around 10 a.m., EA Sports confirmed on Twitter that there were problems again:

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At 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, EA Sports split up Twitter with, the problems were fixed again.

UPDATE April 15, 9:30 a.m .:

New problems at EA Sports! Actually the problems seemed to be solved. At 4 a.m. German time, the game manufacturer announced that online games at FIFA 20 are now possible again. Previously, EA confirmed that the servers had been hit by a hacker attack.

Around 9:30 a.m., the first users reported problems again. A quick test in our editorial team also confirms that Ultimate Team is again unavailable. The following message appears when starting Ultimate Team:

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A look at Twitter reveals that the community is unsurprisingly anything but enthusiastic:

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EA Sports has not yet commented on the emerging problems. It is therefore unclear whether it is a new hacker attack, but not unlikely after Tuesday’s incidents.

That was the situation before:

FIFA 20 was unreachable from early Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday morning. Various malfunction reports circulated on the Internet. There were rumors of a hack attack. And these have now been confirmed by game manufacturer EA Sports.

Once again, game maker EA Sports is struggling with server problems. FIFA 20Players received the following message when trying to login to Ultimate Team: “Your connection to the EA servers has been interrupted. Log in again to access the online features. More information at ea.com/unable-to-connect. “

There was no real help there and the web app for FIFA 20 did not respond when logging in. Electronic Arts gave a first signal around 9:00 p.m. in the evening: Investigate the problems.

On the night of Wednesday, EA reported again Twitter to say: “We have seen a series of DDoS attacks today, which we are now repairing.” So it was a hacker attack! In addition to FIFA 20, other EA games were also affected. Shortly afterwards, at 4 a.m.German time, EA reported that online games at FIFA 20 were again possible.

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The fans had to be patient for a full 16 hours, so now you can gamble again, you can also log in to the web app again.

Here you will find all the latest news about FIFA 20 in a large overview.

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