Collaborate Disseminate
The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn’t end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the awa… Continue reading Smashing Security #161: Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe
We don’t care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities. Continue reading Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot
Lottery operator Camelot says that responding to the hacking attack in 2016 cost it £230,000.
How much did the hacker Anwar Batson make out of it? A mere £5.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Man who hacked National Lottery for just £5 is jailed for nine months
The UK National Lottery website and smartphone app are taken offline as a DDoS attack strikes.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
Continue reading UK National Lottery knocked offline by DDoS attack
If you’ve been affected – and even if you haven’t – now is a good time to stop re-using passwords Continue reading Hackers reuse passwords to access 26,500 National Lottery accounts
Camelot, operator of the UK’s National Lottery, has issued a warning that tens of thousands of players’ accounts have been accessed by hackers.
Continue reading Hackers access National Lottery accounts – do you have your fingers crossed?