Attackers hit National Lottery, 10.5 million players were requested to change password

According to ZDNet reports, Camelot, a UK national lottery management company, recommended that millions of national lottery players modify their account passwords because they discovered a suspicious activity involving lottery accounts. Currently, Camelot has approximately 150 player accounts (a total of 10.5 million registered accounts) that have been unauthorized logged in, resulting in player information being viewed externally, including the name and amount in the national lottery account.

Although Camelot insists that its core system or database is not subject to unauthorized access and won’t affect lottery draws and prizes, it is recommended that lottery players change their passwords as soon as possible.

A Camelot spokesperson said that the incident may have been caused by “credential filling,” which meant that the lottery player had previously stolen details in other places so that the information was shared among cybercriminals.

Camelot promises not to display full debit or bank account details on the player’s account and indicates that the currently affected account has been suspended.