More recently, DRAFTKINGS, engaged in sports betting, said that she would pay all funds to customers affected by attacks with a substitution of accounting data, which led to losses of up to $ 300,000. Such a statement followed Monday tweet , which said that DraftKings investigated the messages [1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] from customers who have problems with accounts.
All hacking accounts had one total detail – the initial deposit of $ 5, after which the attackers change the password, tie a two -factor authentication to another phone number, and then remove as many funds from attached bank accounts of the victims. Some victims were very saddened by DRAFTKINS support – they could not contact any of the company, observing how attackers drain the money from all their accounts.
According to Paul Lieberman, the president and co -founder of DraftKins, the company’s specialists were not able to find any evidence of compromising their systems. He believes that customer data were compromised on other sites. In addition, Draftkings will return the money to all victims, the total amount of return will be no more than $ 300,000.
The company recommended that customers never use the same password for more than one online service and do not transfer their accounting data to third-party platforms. Those customers who have not yet suffered from a cyber attack with a substitution of data are recommended to immediately include 2FA in their accounts and untie their bank accounts from the application so that the attackers could not withdraw funds from them.