itch.io spent hours completely offline on Sunday night — and the indie game marketplace placed the blame on an automated takedown generated on behalf of Funko, maker of the Funko Pop collectable ...

Itch.io accused Funko of causing the website to go offline for several hours. According to itch.io, Funk used “some trash AI-powered brand protection software” that created a false phishing ...

Update (Dec. 10, 2024): BrandShield has reached out with a statement regarding yesterday's situation around the takedown of itch.io: “BrandShield serves as a trusted partner to many global brands.

Open indie game marketplace itch.io has been taken down by Funko. The company's AI-powered Brandshield IP protection software generated what itch.io describes as "some bogus phishing report to our ...

Funko and BrandShield claim they were not responsible for causing itch.io to go offline. The companies say they only targeted a page imitating Funko Fusion, and that the platform's service ...

Itch.io, a popular indie game marketplace, was down yesterday and today because of Funko, according to an X post shared by Itch.io. Itcho.io claims that the company behind Funko Pops uses “some ...

Itch.io is back online after being down for several hours yesterday amid claims that its domain had been disabled after a "phishing report" was filed against it by Funko, using "AI-powered" brand ...

Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few hours Monday morning thanks to an "AI-driven" phishing report spurred by the company behind Funko Pop figures.

According to an itch.io post on social media, its site went down over a phishing report on behalf of Funko, makers of questionably priced collectibles with questionable artistic input. The Steam ...