{"id":9061,"date":"2024-08-14T17:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=america&#038;p=9061"},"modified":"2024-08-14T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:50:57","slug":"canada-had-a-cyber-fraud-attempt-not-a-big-deal-but-it-was-scary","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/canada-had-a-cyber-fraud-attempt-not-a-big-deal-but-it-was-scary\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada had a cyber fraud attempt, not a big deal but it was scary."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC)<\/strong> is advising all <strong>PlayNow<\/strong> users to change their passwords after a <em>\u201ccredential stuffing\u201d<\/em> incident saw thousands of dollars in player funds stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4d0WZjXrn98&amp;t=29s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/feria24\/ice-london-termino-y-se-despidio-la-feria-en-imagenes-mgl.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A BCLC advisory said players across three provinces had passwords stolen from other companies\u2019 sites. <em>\u201cCredential stuffing\u201d<\/em> is a cybercrime attempt in which fraudsters attempt to access player accounts using email addresses and passwords that were previously exposed or stolen from other companies, based on the notion that people often use the same user ID and password across multiple websites. PlayNow detected the fraud after noticing a suspiciously high volume of traffic on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/canada-had-a-cyber-fraud-attempt-not-a-big-deal-but-it-was-scary2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as <strong>B.C.<\/strong>, BCLC operates PlayNow in <strong>Saskatchewan<\/strong> and <strong>Manitoba<\/strong> in partnership with the <strong>Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority <\/strong>and <strong>Manitoba Liquor &amp; Lotteries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/canada-had-a-cyber-fraud-attempt-not-a-big-deal-but-it-was-scary3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matt Lee<\/strong>, senior communications specialist at BCLC, told that while BCLC couldn\u2019t provide specific numbers due to security purposes, the incident <em>affected \u201cless than 1% of our PlayNow player base in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with the majority of users impacted in B.C.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately $4,000 in player funds appear to have been fraudulently withdrawn. 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