Canadian hospital lottery hacked

Edmonton, Canada’s Full House Lottery, which raises funds for both the University Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital in the city, has been hacked for the second time this year, according to a report in The Globe and Mail newspaper.

The newspaper reports that the lottery has warned its players that its website has been impacted by a breach, which local police are investigating. The warning reveals that online customers may have been compromised, impacting online purchases made between Feb. 23 and May 2, 2017.

Players have been advised to alert their issuing credit card institution that customer names, billing addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card details could have been compromised.

The new incident follows a similar pattern to the one reported to players by the lottery in February this year, despite changes to a new host and server.

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