Ghost Stadium PhaaS

Ghost Stadium PhaaS, 300+ FIFA domain clones, multi-language fake SSO, targeting UK/Germany/Portugal/Spain fan credentials before June 11 kickoff

The FBI issued PSA260527 on 27 May 2026 warning that a Chinese-speaking financially-motivated threat actor tracked by Group-IB as Ghost Stadium has deployed more than 300 phishing sites impersonating fifa.com, all reproducing the official site pixel-for-pixel including a fake single-sign-on authentication flow in multiple languages (FBI IC3 PSA260527, 2026-05-27; BleepingComputer, 2026-05-28). Typosquatted domains span alternative TLDs (.org, .xyz, .live, .sale) and character substitutions; additional fake employment portals impersonate FIFA HR functions. Criminal objectives include credential and financial-data theft via the fake SSO, counterfeit ticket and hospitality sales, fake merchandise and streaming-rights fraud. UK, Germany, Portugal, and Spain are explicitly named as target demographics. Browser-based security controls (Safe Browsing, SmartScreen) do not protect against freshly-registered domains before abuse is reported. For defenders at organisations with large employee populations purchasing World Cup tickets: advise bookmarking https://www.fifa.com directly; treat any search-result-sponsored result for FIFA ticket purchases as unverified. The high-intensity fraud window is the lead-up to the July 19 final.