Russia’s FSB plans SORM monitoring for crypto exchanges and gaming platforms including Fortnite and PUBG Mobile

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is planning to install SORM systems (operational-search measures systems) on crypto exchanges and gaming platforms such as Fortnite and PUBG Mobile. For high-risk payments teams, the point is not the games themselves; it is the infrastructure layer that can affect onboarding, transaction monitoring, and data access around these channels.

1. The proposal targets crypto exchanges and gaming platforms, with Fortnite and PUBG Mobile named as examples.
2. SORM refers to Russia’s operational-search measures system, the surveillance infrastructure traditionally used by state authorities for access to communications data.
3. For PSPs, acquiring teams, and banks exposed to Russia-related flow, this kind of monitoring can change the operational risk profile of serving crypto and gaming merchants, especially where user data, device data, or transaction traces are part of the compliance stack.