Hackers Attacked Over 67,000 Draftkings Betting Accounts

December 20, 2022 By Jozeph P

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According to new information about a hack that occurred last month, tens of thousands of users who were happily gambling on DraftKings may have had their personal information stolen as a result of account information purchased from the sports betting site. The company said in a letter dated Dec. 16 that was apparently sent to users and first reported by BleepingComputer that 67,995 people had their personal details exposed to hackers in a breach, adding to the financial hit some select accounts experienced in a brute-force hacking attack last month. The company wrote that users could have had their account's name, address, phone number, email address all recorded during the hack. Hackers could have accessed users' profile photos, balances, and the last four digits of their payment card. According to the company, the full card number, CVV code, and expiration date are not saved on the main account page. According to company spokesperson James Chrisholm in an email statement to Gizmodo, the company "provided formal notice of the credential stuffing attacks to certain customers in jurisdictions where required to do so." The spokesperson added that DraftKings has restored the lost amounts to all affected users. The company also stated that they have received "no evidence" that user logins came from within the company. DraftKings Betting

According to reports from the time, users expressed their displeasure with the company last month after their accounts were depleted of funds while they were locked out of their accounts. All the while, hackers on Twitter were apparently gloating about their robbery as users tried to get responses from DraftKings support channels. According to the company, the initial breach in November resulted in less than $300,000 being drained from user accounts. DraftKings co-founder Pauler Liberman previously said in a statement they were making any affected customers whole. The company also stated that it had reset the passwords of the affected users. According to BleepingComputer, the unknown person or persons responsible for the breach were selling the accounts with notes on their deposit balances for $10 to $35 each. According to BleepingComputer, the hacked accounts first received a $5 deposit, which allowed for a password change and the option to set the two-factor authentication to a new phone number in order to cash out the account. A screenshot of the hacking instructions for DraftKings accounts lists "Step 5" as "Enjoy your money!" This hack was classified by DraftKings as a "credential surfing attack" caused by usernames and passwords obtained from a "third-party source."

By Jozeph P

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Hackers Attacked Over 67,000 Draftkings Betting Accounts

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