Tag: lottery

Spam email as Gaeilge pretending to come from a lottery winner won’t make you rich

November 20, 2023

A phishing email in Irish, pretending to come from Julie Leach, a 2015 US lottery winner and claiming it’s giving $500,000 to a few lucky individuals will only enrich scammers if you fall for it. In 2015 Julie Leach, a Michigan fiberglass factory employee, was visited by Lady Luck and won $310 million in Powerball … More Spam email as Gaeilge pretending to come from a lottery winner won’t make you rich

UK’s National Lottery urges millions of players to change their passwords

March 20, 2018

The lottery’s operator has found that attackers probably used an automated method known as ‘credential stuffing’ to access up to 150 customer accounts. The United Kingdom’s National Lottery is advising all of its 10.5 million registered online users to change their passwords as a safety precaution following a security incident. The recommendation comes after the … More UK’s National Lottery urges millions of players to change their passwords

Irish lottery and ticket terminals knocked offline by DDoS attack

January 23, 2016

It should have been a great week for the Irish Lottery, with the largest jackpot (12 million euros) for 18 months up for grabs. However, things didn’t run entirely smoothly in the run-up to the Wednesday night draw. Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which runs the Irish Lottery, confirmed in a statement that it suffered a … More Irish lottery and ticket terminals knocked offline by DDoS attack