British National Lottery hacked….again!

UK National Lottery online players have been urged by operator Camelot to make a precautionary update on their passwords following a hacking incident involving around 150 accounts.

Camelot hastened to assure players that there had been no monies lost, and that their financial and personal information remains secure.

A Camelot spokesman said in a press statement:

“As part of our online security monitoring, we became aware of suspicious activity on a very small proportion of our players’ online National Lottery accounts.

“We reported this matter to the police and the Information Commissioner’s Office, and are liaising with the National Cyber Security Centre.

“We would like to make clear that there has been no unauthorised access to core National Lottery systems or any of our databases, which would affect National Lottery draws or the payment of prizes.

“We are taking all the necessary steps to fully understand what has happened, but we currently believe that up to 150 accounts – out of 10.5 million registered with us in total – have been subject to an unauthorised log-in and that very limited information may have been viewed .

“A much smaller number – fewer than 10 accounts – have had some limited activity take place within the account since it was accessed, but no player has seen any financial loss.”

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