New Posts For Thread: Anyone else had a letter from Bet24?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24regarding stolen customer information?I only ever used them when I was going through my "matched gambling" phase, scooping-up all the free bets from the various bookies. Haven't used them since.... and never will again.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506472725#506472725I only ever used them when I was going through my "matched gambling" phase, scooping-up all the free bets from the various bookies. Haven't used them since.... and never will again.Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:36:37 -0500are they worth having an account with? they seem to be one of the few sites i've never come across.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506458219#506458219are they worth having an account with? they seem to be one of the few sites i've never come across.Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:13:18 -0500yep.They changed all passwords in 2010 and didn't tell customers why. They knew about the the hack but it took until November 2010 to change passwords (I just checked the email I got at the time).AS said above they tell everyone now as it was cominghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506457951#506457951yep.They changed all passwords in 2010 and didn't tell customers why. They knew about the the hack but it took until November 2010 to change passwords (I just checked the email I got at the time).AS said above they tell everyone now as it was comingFri, 09 Sep 2011 11:06:44 -0500To sum up:- They knew they had been hacked in December 2009.- Customers had accounts hacked and money taken.- The police arrested someone for possession of data.- They decided to tell everyone as it would have come out anyway.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506457317#506457317To sum up:- They knew they had been hacked in December 2009.- Customers had accounts hacked and money taken.- The police arrested someone for possession of data.- They decided to tell everyone as it would have come out anyway.Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:51:14 -0500"We were told by our database manager in December 2009 that someone had made an illegal intrusion into the system but they had copied no data. We only knew of a limited number of breaches, which we handled on a case by case basis, where we advised anhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506457179#506457179"We were told by our database manager in December 2009 that someone had made an illegal intrusion into the system but they had copied no data. We only knew of a limited number of breaches, which we handled on a case by case basis, where we advised anFri, 09 Sep 2011 10:48:08 -0500So they posted the above on their website in July but only got around to posting letters to customers this week!!!??https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506456653#506456653So they posted the above on their website in July but only got around to posting letters to customers this week!!!??Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:35:36 -0500Just received this letter today, I fall into the second category too and haven't used the account for a long time so card details are dead but I must say after this would never use them again either.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506456275#506456275Just received this letter today, I fall into the second category too and haven't used the account for a long time so card details are dead but I must say after this would never use them again either.Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:27:59 -0500They may as well close down now, who is going to use this shower again? I tried logging into my account and it said the username and password were wrong. Only thing that has saved me a great deal of trouble and loss of money is the fact that I had adhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506455979#506455979They may as well close down now, who is going to use this shower again? I tried logging into my account and it said the username and password were wrong. Only thing that has saved me a great deal of trouble and loss of money is the fact that I had adFri, 09 Sep 2011 10:21:21 -0500Shocking! .https://www.bet24.com/content-important-info.htmImportant Security Information25 July 2011For the attention of customers with BET24 accounts registered before 31 October 2009Important Security Information - Please Read CarefullyWe have behttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506442039#506442039Shocking! .https://www.bet24.com/content-important-info.htmImportant Security Information25 July 2011For the attention of customers with BET24 accounts registered before 31 October 2009Important Security Information - Please Read CarefullyWe have beFri, 09 Sep 2011 03:18:18 -0500I've received the letter - although I fall into the second category of people who have had the basic information stolen (mainly account information). I haven't used this account for several years, so the card details are dead anyway.Not sure what thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28259495/anyone-else-had-a-letter-from-bet24?post_id=506441111#506441111I've received the letter - although I fall into the second category of people who have had the basic information stolen (mainly account information). I haven't used this account for several years, so the card details are dead anyway.Not sure what theFri, 09 Sep 2011 02:23:39 -0500