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iGaming firms being advised to increase their anti-fraud vigilance

November 19, 2020

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Hacking, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, United Kingdom

A punt casino independent investigation has reportedly found that the past year has seen iGaming firms experience a significant increase in account takeover fraud attempts in addition to elevated rates of payment and p...

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation subject of second Bangladesh Bank lawsuit

Adam Morgan

June 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

In the United States and the national bank of Bangladesh has reportedly filed a civil complaint against 17 entities including casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation concerning the 2016 theft from its co...

US federal court dismisses action against Bloomberry Resorts Corporation subsidiary

Adam Morgan

March 23, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

In the United States and a federal court has reportedly dismissed a civil case filed by Bangladesh Bank against a subsidiary of Manila-listed casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corporation regarding the 2016 th...

Computer hackers target MGM Resorts International customer information

Adam Morgan

February 20, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Hacking, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Crime

American casino operator MGM Resorts International was reportedly the victim of a cyber-security breach last summer that is said to have led to the personal data of some ten million customers being exposed. ...

Bangladesh lawsuit names Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Incorporated

Adam Morgan

February 28, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

In the Philippines, casino operator, Bloomberry Resorts Corporation has announced that its Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Incorporated subsidiary has been named as a co-defendant in a lawsuit connected to the th...

Hong Kong online gaming sites targeted by DDOS attack

Adam Morgan

May 10, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Hong Kong, Online Gambling News, Crime

Last month reportedly saw a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack hit the operations of some 29 online gaming sites based in Hong Kong with most of the disruptive traffic found to be originating just over...

North Korea “Sony code” found in $81m cyber heist laundered in PH casinos

Lars Jones

March 23, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Philippines

In the U.S., federal prosecutors are looking into whether North Korea played a role in the February 2016, theft of $81m from the New York Federal Reserve Bank belonging to the Bangladesh Central Bank. Initia...

Casino Rama Resort data breached by hacker

Lars Jones

November 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Hacking, Ontario

The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario, Canada has been hit by a cyber attack and the perpetrator got away with past and present customer, employee and vendor information. The hacker has not been identified yet but ...

Bangladesh central bank withholding results of investigation into cyber theft

Adam Morgan

August 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Philippines

The central bank of Bangladesh has revealed that it is withholding the findings of an investigation into a February cyber theft that netted criminals around $81 million in order to avoid tipping off the “foreig...

North Korea profiting from lucrative online gambling industry and cyber operations

Renee Kingsley

July 19, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Unlicensed Operation, South Korea

North Korea has an image in the international community of being one of the most secretive and guarded countries in the world right now under the leadership of Kim Jong Un. Gambling is illegal in North Korea bu...

Point-of-sale breach reported by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Sadonna Price

June 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Hacking, Data Protection, Nevada

On Monday, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino reported that a point-of-sale breach had taken place, with malware having been found within the systems of the resort. The Las Vegas casino began an investigation int...

Probe into Bangladesh Bank heist ended by Senate

K Morrison

May 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Financial Fraud, Philippines

The investigation into the theft and laundering of approximately $81 million from the bank account of the Bangladesh central bank at the Federal Reserve in New York was ended on Thursday by the Philippine Senat...

Employee & Customer Info Stolen at River Cree Resort & Casino

K Morrison

March 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Alberta, Hacking, Data Protection

Damage control is being done by officials at an Edmonton-area casino after discovering they were the target of a cyber attack that put customer and employee information at risk. Computer systems at the River...

Chinese junket operator in Manila reportedly received $30 million from hacked bank account

Lars Jones

March 16, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Philippines

Details are beginning to emerge in one of the largest cyber bank heists in history with the governor of Bangladesh's central bank resigning along with two deputies being fired. $81 million was reportedly stole...

$100 million money laundering probe in the Philippines: report

Lars Jones

February 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Hacking, Money Laundering, Macau, Philippines

What appears to be the single largest money laundering crime in the history of the Philippines is being investigated by financial regulators there, according to local media. Apparently $100 million was introduc...