- Jan 24, 2011
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Gambling giant Betfair loses millions of customers' credit card details to cyber attack... then covers it up for 18 MONTHS
Online gambling firm Betfair today admitted it had not told its customers about a major cyber attack 18 months ago where millions of credit card details were stolen.
More than 3.1 million account names with encrypted security questions, 2.9 million usernames, and nearly 90,000 account usernames with bank account details were stolen.
And the company admitted it did not discover the attack had taken place until two months later when a server at its Malta data centre crashed.
In total, nine servers in the UK and two in Malta were affected.
Betfair said it did not inform its registered customers of the attack as its system made the data unusable for fraudulent activity and it was able to recover all the information intact.
The betting group said it had contacted the Australian Federal Police and German authorities over the attack, believed to be the work of criminals based in Cambodia.
(via Dailymail)
Online gambling firm Betfair today admitted it had not told its customers about a major cyber attack 18 months ago where millions of credit card details were stolen.
More than 3.1 million account names with encrypted security questions, 2.9 million usernames, and nearly 90,000 account usernames with bank account details were stolen.
And the company admitted it did not discover the attack had taken place until two months later when a server at its Malta data centre crashed.
In total, nine servers in the UK and two in Malta were affected.
Betfair said it did not inform its registered customers of the attack as its system made the data unusable for fraudulent activity and it was able to recover all the information intact.
The betting group said it had contacted the Australian Federal Police and German authorities over the attack, believed to be the work of criminals based in Cambodia.
(via Dailymail)
