Some paddy power and betfare customers have been warned of “being cautious” after hack by 800,000 users.
A spokesperson of the Spandal Entertainment, who owns online gambling brands, confirmed the BBC, “a data incident faced.”
Some personal information including IP addresses, email addresses and online activity data has been compromised.
The company provided online security information to the affected users and told them: “In response to this incident you do not need to do anything, although we recommend you to be vigilant.”
Flutter Entertainment has an average monthly player in the UK and all its brands in Ireland.
Its other betting companies include Sky Bet and Tombola.
The company said that the incident has now been incorporated and added: “No password, ID document or usable card or payment details have been affected.”
However, cyber security experts have warned that violated data can be used to target customers who are known as a javelin phishing attack with individual emails.
Storm Guidance Chief Marketing Officer Harley Morlet said that people who spend large amounts of money with these gambling companies can be aimed at target.
“With the arrival of AI, I think it would be very easy to build a large -scale automatic attack,” he explained the BBC Today program. “Originally, focusing on crafting the messages that the gamblers look attractive.”
Tim Rawlins, director and senior advisor of the Global Security firm The NCC Group, told the BBC’s Wake to Money Program that customers should look out for detailed emails that can mention their previous betting habits, encourage them to click on links or to give information about credit cards.
He said, “You can enter your credit card number again, you can re -enter your bank account details, are like things that people need to see and be conscious of the kind of danger,” he said.
He said: “If it is very good to come true, then it is probably a fraudbers who are coming after your money.”
Mr. Rawlins said that his security firm has seen an increase in the quality of the fishing email and said that AI is making it difficult to tell a fraudulent email from a real message.
