The B.C. Lottery Corp. открыла первый в Северной Америке government-sanctioned online gambling site, и его пришлось закрыть в тот же день - пользователи попадали в чужие аккаунты и играли чужими деньгами. http://www.timescolonist.com/BCLC+admit ... story.html
VICTORIA — The B.C. Lottery Corp. disabled its online gambling site last week because the accounts belonging to 134 users had been compromised, organization president and CEO Michael Graydon said Tuesday.
Graydon said that after a major relaunch of the website on Thursday, about $8,000 was wagered by accounts controlled by someone other than the owner and in 12 cases, users were able to view other people’s personal information.
In one case, he said, the last four digits of a person’s credit card were compromised. In another, the breach revealed banking information “similar to what you would find on the bottom of a personal cheque.”
The explanation comes in stark contrast to what B.C. Lottery Corp. had said previously on why it had disabled its online gambling site, PlayNow.com, just hours after a major expansion and relaunch on Thursday morning.
In an interview Friday afternoon, a company official said the site was taken down because it was overloaded with traffic, leading to “slowness” or “not good responsiveness.”
Company vice-president Kevin Gass made no mention at the time of a security breach.
