Betfair data breach

[Lynskey888]

I received one of these data breach emails today, too. It’s presumably the same incident described in Naffman’s notification on Monday, only I’m left waiting a further three days to find out.

[jamesedwards]

I received one of these data breach emails today, too. It’s presumably the same incident described in Naffman’s notification on Monday, only I’m left waiting a further three days to find out.

They're probably trying to manage the flow of inbound comms. They've manoeuvred their business into one of almost zero customer contact and now suddenly they have to find the resource to support hundreds, possibly thousands, of unforecasted contact requests on the back of this. It must be hell in their contact centre.

[Lynskey888]

Ah, that makes sense, James, though did cross my mind that they might be staggering the outbound emails because there are so bloody many of them to send!

[Kai]

800,000 users reportedly affected

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/202 ... ta-breach/

[Euler]

You would have thought we would have seen many more on here if it was that large?

[jamesedwards]

You would have thought we would have seen many more on here if it was that large?

It mentions "one-in-five monthly customers".

[Leb]

Is a data breach the reason why Betfair is completely withdrawing from the Swedish market with only a week's notice? It's really strange considering their license was valid until 2028.

[Euler]

Is a data breach the reason why Betfair is completely withdrawing from the Swedish market with only a week's notice? It's really strange considering their license was valid until 2028.

I think it's changes in the licensing agreements that has prompted this. It may be worth Swedish users starting their own thread about this.

[angelmike]

Thee BBC are onto this story
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7l29zved9o