Cyber-extortionists 'cost UK bookmakers £40m'
News A gang of alleged cyber-extortionists arrested in Russia last week are accused of costing UK online bookmakers massive amounts of money through lost business. Yevgeny Yakimovich, the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry's Department K, which...
[July 30, 2004, 10:55]
Web bookmakers tool up against blackmail hack attacks
News Internet-based bookmakers are tightening up their IT security in response to the threat of hackers who are threatening to attack their Web operations. Criminals gangs are understood to be demanding large sums of money from bookmakers, and warning...
[February 23, 2004, 14:35]
Web bookmakers tool up against blackmail hack attacks
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[February 24, 2004, 10:18]
Police play down Grand National hack threat
News Claims that organised criminals will launch a flood of electronic attacks on the Internet sites of British bookmakers this weekend are wide of the mark, the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) said on Wednesday.
[March 31, 2004, 15:05]
High-tech gambling predicted to boom
News While this prediction is good news for the UK's bookmakers, Gamblers' Anonymous said it is concerned. Britain's four biggest bookmakers - Coral, Ladbroke's, William Hill and Stanley Leisure -- are all planning to shutdown offshore Net systems and...
[June 14, 2001, 14:30]
Dow off sharply as trading resumes
News Financial bookmakers predicted the FTSE 100 would open 50 to 60 points down at about 4,850, clipping back some of Monday's 143-point rally. US stock markets fell sharply on Monday after New York police officers and firefighters rang the opening...
[September 18, 2001, 8:54]
Grand National extortion attacks 'unlikely'
News Yevgeny Yakimovich, the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry's Department K, which tackles cybercrime, said DDoS attacks were launched at nine UK bookmakers. The massive bandwidth extortion attacks that crippled online gambling sites last year...
[April 8, 2005, 12:20]
MP to propose tougher cybercrime laws
News Last year a number of UK bookmakers were targeted with extortion scams which threatened to cripple their Web sites ahead of major sporting fixtures if a ransom wasn't paid. The UK All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is calling on the...
[March 14, 2005, 7:40]
CacheFlow turns into Blue Coat
News The company is also announcing improvements to its product range, with a higher performance 800 series, and some new customers, including bookmakers William Hill. Network vendor CacheFlow is changing its name to Blue Coat Systems in an attempt to...
[August 21, 2002, 15:16]
UK cybercops catch suspected Russian blackmailers
News Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced on Wednesday that it had helped to smash a Russian gang involved in online extortion and money-laundering. Three men were arrested in a series of raids that targeted an online protection...
[July 21, 2004, 14:55]
William Hill ups its game against hackers
News A number of UK bookmakers were targeted by criminal gangs two years ago, who threatened them with denial of service (DoS) attacks that would crash their Web sites unless they paid a ransom. The entire online betting industry faces an ongoing battle...
[October 5, 2006, 10:40]
Online extortion victim speaks out
News Many other victims of such attacks, most commonly targeted at businesses such as online casinos, bookmakers and payment services, whose businesses are very time sensitive, have also spoken out about their problems.
[May 31, 2005, 12:40]
