By John McCarthy

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has admitted personal data from 650,000 accounts registered before 2011 was stolen four years ago during a cyber-attack upon its database.

Pre-2011 accounts were breached with data including customers’ names, usernames, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, as well as security questions and answers, stolen.

The betting firm confirmed that encrypted financial data such as debit card numbers was safe and added it seized the stolen data from a Canadian individual’s personal computer in May after a tip off.

Irish police and the data protection commissioner were informed of the theft which saw two court orders Read full story ›

Source: The Drum