Online Casino Transfer: News - Symantec Security Breach

06/12/2010		Online Casino Style: News Symantec Security Breach
Home History Games News Dictionary		Responsible gamblers know that the use of internet casinos inherently comes with some measure of risk, and not always from the betting itself. It’s important to know the online gambling businesses with whom you do business, with whom you share your personal data and information, as security on the internet continues to be a huge concern. Sites that host accreditations from consumer advocate groups like eCOGRA can be of assistance in determining the safest internet casinos to frequent, though this week, it was the protectors that managed to get hacked. According to a recent report, more than 44 million gaming accounts were compromised when the anti-virus company Symantecs was broken into. According to the firm’s blog, which sheepishly admitted to the theft, the internet protection provider Symantec’s systems were penetrated by a sleeping Trojan virus, known as the Trojan.Loginck, compromising millions of online gambling accounts with the infection. Most of the accounts were likely linked to the Asian market, as the server that was compromised stored information from a password checker servicing a number of Chinese gambling websites. Log-in data is suspected to having been stolen not only for certain games, but for the accounts that host the games well. There is a possibility that as many as 18 different online gambling websites’ information was being stored on the server in question, including a slew of popular shoot ‘em up side and skill games. The purpose of the Trojan was to determine between lucrative – meaning fiscally healthy accounts – and those of no use to thieves. According to a spokesperson for Symantec, some of the gaming accounts held as much as $28,000 at the time. Because log-in information was stolen, players are, as always, recommended to change their passwords on a frequent basis.

06/12/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Symantec Security Breach

Responsible gamblers know that the use of internet casinos inherently comes with some measure of risk, and not always from the betting itself. It’s important to know the online gambling businesses with whom you do business, with whom you share your personal data and information, as security on the internet continues to be a huge concern. Sites that host accreditations from consumer advocate groups like eCOGRA can be of assistance in determining the safest internet casinos to frequent, though this week, it was the protectors that managed to get hacked.

According to a recent report, more than 44 million gaming accounts were compromised when the anti-virus company Symantecs was broken into. According to the firm’s blog, which sheepishly admitted to the theft, the internet protection provider Symantec’s systems were penetrated by a sleeping Trojan virus, known as the Trojan.Loginck, compromising millions of online gambling accounts with the infection.

Most of the accounts were likely linked to the Asian market, as the server that was compromised stored information from a password checker servicing a number of Chinese gambling websites. Log-in data is suspected to having been stolen not only for certain games, but for the accounts that host the games well. There is a possibility that as many as 18 different online gambling websites’ information was being stored on the server in question, including a slew of popular shoot ‘em up side and skill games.

The purpose of the Trojan was to determine between lucrative – meaning fiscally healthy accounts – and those of no use to thieves. According to a spokesperson for Symantec, some of the gaming accounts held as much as $28,000 at the time. Because log-in information was stolen, players are, as always, recommended to change their passwords on a frequent basis.