Police seize thousands of PlayStation 4s in a Ukraine warehouse meant to farm FIFA Ultimate Team valuables

Around 3,800 PS4 consoles were seized from a warehouse last week. New reports now indicate that instead of cryptocurrency farming, the consoles were instead being used for mining FIFA Ultimate Team valuables.

Authorities in several countries have been cracking down on cryptocurrency mining operations lately, largely to keep a check on the theft of electricity by such rigs. One such case came to light earlier this month as Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claimed to shut down a cryptocurrency mining operation. Though unlike top-end computers usually preferred for crypto mining, the operation involved thousands of PlayStation 4 consoles. The peculiar case has since been in limelight, puzzling many as to why the operators used PS4 consoles instead of PCs for mining cryptocurrency. Some new reports now indicate that instead of cryptocurrency, the consoles were in fact being used for mining valuable in-game currency in EA Sports FIFA.