~30 Brazilian online poker pros had their accounts hacked on Feb.13

[Poker Orifice]

Sorry but if the hack was over the emails Pokerstars hasn't any why to return the money. 😳

Why 'sorry'? The post you've quoted stated 'pokerstars not liable'

I don't know many details. I don't know what exactly was hacked or how and why it was a certain group of players (what did they have in common? Were they part of some group... discord... messenger... I don't have a clue (I don't have knowledge about this)

Why would pokerstars enable a bunch of accounts to withdrawal most of their balance to a brand new 'changed' email account... on the very same day. (a bit of a red flag when an account changes their email, and then withdraws most of their money & then having 30+ accounts doing the very same thing on same day).

It's too bad the system wasn't set in a way to verify this action but if it was, no doubt you'd see a bunch of people on this forum complaining about having to wait (48hrs.?) due to extra security measures.

 

[moots]

Why would pokerstars enable a bunch of accounts to withdrawal most of their balance to a brand new 'changed' email account... on the very same day.

What does withdrawing to a new email account mean? How do you withdraw to an email account?

 

[Poker Orifice]

What does withdrawing to a new email account mean? How do you withdraw to an email account?

e-transfer

 

[puzzlefish]

The whole aspect of account emails being changed and still being allowed to withdraw account funds on the same day smells pretty rotten and makes poker stars look very unprofessional

 

[Marshmalo1994]

Try cracking my Email or PS pw it has 38 digits 🤣

Well, that's a hint

 

[G0930]

Well, that's a hint

You're welcome to try lol

 

[puzzlefish]

You're welcome to try lol

Doesn't the account get frozen from too many password attempts?

 

[G0930]

Doesn't the account get frozen from too many password attempts?

I get a security code everytime someone tries logging in from an unknown device .

Yes it can happen . Happened before actually . I simply put in the code and everything was there.

PS blocks any kind of transaction in these situations meaning no deposit , withdrawal , P2P or registering in mtts works until I put in the the code I get on my personal phone.

It's a nice additional layer of security I can only recommend to activate

 

[Broz]

Where did they get this news from?? I looked about her and I didn't find anything...

 

[Shells]

Some sort of breach happened to some of the Brazilian poker community today. I don't know all of the details but did hear that 1 or more of the players email accounts were hacked and then somehow they managed to log on to Pokerstars and open a new email account AND move funds off of the account. It was said that this happened to 30 players - losing money from their Pokerstars accounts. An estimated total of $2 million was taken.
That would be so depressing to have this happen to you.
I'm sure more details about this will be surfacing soon.

Do you have a source we can link here? Thanks, PO!

 

[Youvraj365]

this is unbelievable, how can this happen to PokerStars account. need to see some security issues there.

 

[DAVID KEHRER]

Thats what happens when everything is in a computer file some one will always be able to breach . If there is some one who makes the security there will always be some one who hack it.

 

[Niykk]

That's a pitty. The funny thing is PS would freeze your account and seize the the funds in it if you use VPN.

 

[Tadi]

If true, the damage is great, but it is best to wait for more information. I'm very impatient to find out what happened.

 

[Sintubai]

Terrible news to poker online, especially for PS... I hope they can solve it soon and that none of us have to go through this!

 

[Poker Orifice]

Do you have a source we can link here? Thanks, PO!

The information I got was just from a couple of the guys who'd been affected. They came onto a friend's stream & told him what had just happened.
Apparently it's over 100 Brazilian players now who were affected on Feb. 14
Also, I'm not sure what or how it happened. Whether they got the pw for the Stars account first, or an email account reg'd to Stars. BUT I do know that once they were in, they changed the acccount's email via Live Chat and then withdrew all of the money from the account(s).

You can read stuff about it on 'X'. Most of the online MTT regs have heard about it. I believe Douglas Ferriera is the guy who first brought it to the attention of the poker community.

 

[Poker Orifice]

That's a pitty. The funny thing is PS would freeze your account and seize the the funds in it if you use VPN.

I believe that ^ (use of VPN) is against the T.O.S.

I'm not sure how that relates to what has happened to Brazilian players accounts

 

[amonlima]

This is not the first time this has happened, when I was playing for a team they suggested strengthening account security to avoid this. Unfortunately, human beings are rotten, may God double what these bandits took from these players

 

[puzzlefish]

If it's 100 Brazilian players all with compromised accounts, that sounds even more like an inside job and somehow they were all connected to one another.

 

[spectralwave]

Could it be because hackers are increasingly bold and have brought together Brazilians with the same profile to try to defraud them...

 

[Poker Orifice]

If it's 100 Brazilian players all with compromised accounts, that sounds even more like an inside job and somehow they were all connected to one another.

Totally agree

 

[fundiver199]

BUT I do know that once they were in, they changed the acccount's email via Live Chat and then withdrew all of the money from the account(s).

Thats one of the advantages of regulated markets. Here in sweden a withdrawal from PokerStars can only be made to a bank account in the users name, which effectively prevents this kind of theft. Other sites like 888 Poker and partypoker makes it even more secure by requiring us to log on with a personal digital ID called Bank-ID, which we have on our phones. This also makes multi-accounting close to impossible.

 

[Cooking]

PS only should allow a cashout to an account (e-wallet, bank account, PIX) of the same name of the PS account, so, if the hacker was able to cashout to an account that was not registered with the same name of the player than PS is 100% responsible.
I had my party poker account hacked a few years ago, but the hacker didn't cashed out the money. Instead he lost all my money (not much fortunately) playing casino games (don't understand why he did that, maybe he tried to cashout first and couldn't). I didn't received my money back. PP only asked me to send a statement that my account was hacked. In my case, I think it's not PP fault, I think my password was hacked. But on this Poker Stars case, I believe it's the site fault because they allow a cashout to a different account.

 

[fundiver199]

PS only should allow a cashout to an account (e-wallet, bank account, PIX) of the same name of the PS account, so, if the hacker was able to cashout to an account that was not registered with the same name of the player than PS is 100% responsible.

Agree. Something sounds very wrong here. But we have only limited information about, what really happened.

I had my Party Poker account hacked a few years ago, but the hacker didn't cashed out the money. Instead he lost all my money (not much fortunately) playing casino games (don't understand why he did that, maybe he tried to cashout first and couldn't).

For this reason I have set my casino and also cash game (since I play tournaments) limit on PokerStars to "dont play". So the only thing, a hacker could do on my account, would be chip-dumping on Heads-up SnG tables. In which case it would at least be very easy for PokerStars to figure out, who stole my money.

In my case, I think it's not PP fault, I think my password was hacked.

Sites should really approve security. Log-on with password is seriously outdated and unsafe. In many countries some sort of personal digital ID excists now, and then this should be used by poker sites, just as its used by banks or government websites. Many sites already do this here is Sweden, but for some reason not PokerStars.

 

[Poker Orifice]

Agree. Something sounds very wrong here. But we have only limited information about, what really happened.

For this reason I have set my casino and also cash game (since I play tournaments) limit on PokerStars to "dont play". So the only thing, a hacker could do on my account, would be chip-dumping on Heads-up SnG tables. In which case it would at least be very easy for PokerStars to figure out, who stole my money.

Sites should really approve security. Log-on with password is seriously outdated and unsafe. In many countries some sort of personal digital ID excists now, and then this should be used by poker sites, just as its used by banks or government websites. Many sites already do this here is Sweden, but for some reason not PokerStars.

Banks in canada - you log in with password.

I too have 'dont play' for Casino but what would keep a hacker from changing that option.