DJofSD
08-11-2014, 10:41 AM
Paddy Power? Never heard of them before but apparently they're in the middle of another data breach and this time it involves betting online.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/irish-bookie-follows-stolen-client-data-to-ontario-home.html
Jason Ferguson said the job was straightforward: buy a gambling company’s client data and flip it to a rival who could use the information to win new customers.
Instead, the story ended last month with a fleet of cars arriving outside his home in a cul-de-sac in a suburb of Brockville, a town three-and-a-half hours drive northeast of Toronto. The convoy included forensics experts and representatives of Paddy Power Plc (PWL), the operator of the largest online sports book in the U.K. and Ireland.
Read the balance at the link.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/irish-bookie-follows-stolen-client-data-to-ontario-home.html
Jason Ferguson said the job was straightforward: buy a gambling company’s client data and flip it to a rival who could use the information to win new customers.
Instead, the story ended last month with a fleet of cars arriving outside his home in a cul-de-sac in a suburb of Brockville, a town three-and-a-half hours drive northeast of Toronto. The convoy included forensics experts and representatives of Paddy Power Plc (PWL), the operator of the largest online sports book in the U.K. and Ireland.
Read the balance at the link.