FanDuel sports betting site impacted by the MailChimp hack

January 25, 2023
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A legal online sports betting platform, FanDuel Sportsbook, notified its customers that their sensitive information had been exposed to hackers after being impacted by the recent security incident on MailChimp.

MailChimp is a widely utilised email marketing platform that revealed suffering from a data breach last January 13. The attack involved hackers stealing an employee’s account credentials, resulting in them illegally accessing MailChimp’s internal customer support and admin tool.

The compromised audience data from MailChimp is comprised of their customer’s or potential customers’ names, email addresses, and other details vital for sending marketing emails.

 

FanDuel discovered that the MailChimp hack had impacted them, as the hackers had acquired their customers’ names and email addresses.

 

After learning of their involvement in the MailChimp data breach, FanDuel immediately cautioned their customers to be wary of potential cyberattacks. Despite the hackers obtaining the sports betting platform’s customer data, they assured that no passwords, financial account details, or other sensitive information were stolen.

The company also warned their customers to remain vigilant from phishing attempts, as they would never email customers to ask for their personal details. Customers are advised to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), update their passwords to stronger ones, and refrain from clicking on suspicious links.

In FanDuel’s alert notification to customers, the company did not mention which third-party vendor was breached. However, it was confirmed that the sports betting platform was pointing at MailChimp.

There are still no signs of data misuse from MailChimp’s stolen data. However, experts are still warning that it could only take a matter of time before threat actors would find a way to utilise the stolen data for several kinds of cybercriminal campaigns.

FanDuel is a US-based gambling organisation that offers customers sportsbooks, fantasy sports, online casinos, and horse racing. It is no surprise that hackers can take an interest in FanDuel’s customer accounts since they could try to hack into them or sell them to underground forums for income, depending on the account balance.

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