“While this incident is serious and is being treated as such, the overall integrity of the Ontario regulated iGaming market is extremely reliable. IGaming Ontario oversees online gaming in the province and tells CTV News Toronto BetMGM recently discovered they have experienced a “privacy incident, including unauthorized access to records of Ontario players.” states including, New Jersey, Michigan, West Virginia, and Ontario in Canada. While the betting firm has yet to disclose the number of customers that had their information stolen in the breach, an apparent hacker posted on the dark web they are selling the stolen data of more than 1.5 million alleged customers from several U.S. BetMGM said it has no evidence that patron passwords or account funds were accessed in connection with the breach. 28 the company became aware of the matter. The company believes the hack happened in May 2022, less than two months after it expanded operations into Ontario.

Think about how that information can be weaponized against members of the population you have, identity theft and theft of potential credentials,” Kotak told CTV News Toronto in an interview.

“Any type of date breach is significant because your personal identifiable information is essentially out there in cyberspace for hackers to leverage. Ritesh Kotak is a cybersecurity analyst and said, “Once you become the victim of any type of breach, putting the toothpaste back in the tube becomes almost impossible.” The breach affected the data of some patrons, including their names, contact information (such as postal address, email address and telephone number), dates of birth, hashed Social Security numbers, account identifiers (such as player ID and screen name) and information related to transactions with BetMGM.

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21 the personal information of its customers was obtained in an unauthorized manner. Leading sports betting company BetMGM announced on Dec.

However, gamblers in Ontario are being notified they may be the victims of a recent data breach. Online sports betting continues to gain popularity.

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